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Lead Software Engineer, Backend - Growth & Monetization

Nominal · New York, United States · On-site

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About Nominal

Nominal powers mission-critical engineering with advanced data infrastructure, real-time observability, and analysis tools — all in one collaborative platform. Backed by General Catalyst, Lightspeed and Sequoia.

About the role

We're looking for a product-minded engineer to set the technical direction for how customers discover, adopt and realize value from Nominal. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Strong experience in Go, Rust or Java, with an emphasis on correctness, clarity and long-lived systems
  • You've tech-led a team or formally mentored engineers, set the standard others worked to and been accountable for what the group delivered
  • You've been the person other teams come to for decisions in your domain, and you've owned the tradeoffs across engineering, product and finance
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems and data modeling for systems that have to be correct, like billing and entitlements
  • You identify opportunities from data, run experiments and measure impact on customer adoption and business growth
  • You explain technical decisions clearly to engineers and to business leaders, and you design, build, ship and operate what you own
More about this role

Engineers today are building some of the most ambitious machines humanity has ever seen. They should have AI that’s purpose-built for them.

Nominal is building the Hardware Intelligence Platform that gives engineers increased visibility into complex physical systems, helps them make better decisions, and ultimately gets their products into the real world faster. It brings together the systems, data, intelligence, and applications hardware engineering requires to meet the AI moment. Hardware engineering teams use Nominal to simulate, test, manufacture, and operate the physical systems that keep the world moving, from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation energy systems and robotics.

Our customers span aerospace, defense, manufacturing, transportation, energy, and robotics. They include Anduril, Shield AI, Wisk Aero, Pratt Miller Motorsports, Antares, and Shinkei Systems, amongst others, alongside programs within the U.S. Air Force and Navy. Our team draws from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, Tesla, and other leading companies, united by a common mission: giving hardware engineers the tools to build the future with speed, safety, and confidence. We're a...

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