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👩🏼‍💻Software Engineer

Pulsar

Pulsar

Software Engineering
Posted on Mar 2, 2026
👩🏼‍💻

Software Engineer

To apply, email recruiting@pulsarml.com and let’s get started!

About Pulsar

At Pulsar, we're on a mission to transform how factories run, using real-time data and AI to make industrial operations smarter and more effective. Pulsar’s hardware and software platform provides real-time factory insights and analytics with a single-visit setup. The company operates in the US, Canada, Mexico and Latam. Backed by leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms and recognized by Stanford University, Pulsar offers a unique opportunity to drive digital transformation in industrial operations.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced backend engineer to join Pulsar full-time. You’ll work closely with the founders and a high-caliber engineering team to build and operate cloud-native services that power our core SaaS platform. You’ll tackle meaningful challenges from day one, including large-scale data streaming, real-time analytics, distributed systems, and ML-driven pipelines, while following modern engineering standards around scalability, observability, testing, and security.
This is a high-impact role for someone who wants to help shape our backend architecture, elevate engineering practices, and influence how we scale the product and team.

Requirements

Hard Skills

Proficiency with a major cloud providers (AWS, GCP or Azure)
Expertise in at least one OOP language (Node.js/TypeScript a strong plus)
Familiarity with DevOps practices and end-to-end ownership of services
Demonstrated experience designing, building, and shipping scalable backend systems
(APIs, databases, data models, testing, observability)
Strong attention to detail and a disciplined engineering mindset

Startup Traits

Ability to operate in a fast-moving startup environment with context switching
Bias for action: comfortable shipping MVPs and iterating quickly
Comfortable wearing multiple hats and learning new stacks/tech as needed
Clear communicator, especially when explaining technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders

Nice to Have

Experience with serverless architectures and MySQL
Experience with data streaming, distributed systems, or big data
Interest or background in AI/ML and building data-centric applications

What we offer

Apart from embarking on an exciting journey to disrupt the traditional manufacturing industry with tech and data-oriented solutions, we offer a competitive salary, stock options, health benefits, and flexible working hours. Although we are still early stage, we are always seeking ways to invest in the long-term health, wellness, and continued education of our employees.