Software Engineer – Backend

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-performance backend services for data ingestion, processing, and real-time distribution
• Develop and optimize pub/sub networking capabilities to support low-latency communications and end-to-end encrypted mesh networking
• Build and maintain GraphQL and REST APIs for operator interfaces, internal tooling, and external integrations
• Create integrations with flight stacks, simulation environments, and external applications such as MAVLink, ArduPilot, Unreal Engine, and Gazebo
• Develop secure asset management workflows using certificate-based authentication and PKI infrastructure
• Build automated testing frameworks and contribute to CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliability
• Review code and contribute to the overall architecture of the AuraNet platform

Requirements

• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, UDP, and publish/subscribe architectures
• Experience with security concepts such as end-to-end encryption (E2EE), PKI, authentication, and authorization
• Professional experience developing backend systems in Go, Python, Java, C++, or a similar language
• Experience building and shipping distributed systems in production environments
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and a commitment to writing clean, maintainable code

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with mesh networking or distributed communication systems
• Familiarity with Zenoh or similar messaging technologies
• Experience integrating with robotics, UAV, or autonomous platforms
• Exposure to simulation environments such as Unreal Engine or Gazebo
• Experience working with Linux-based systems and containerized deployments

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and company equity
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Additional equity grants based on impact and contribution

About the Company

Dominion Dynamics builds AuraNet, a mesh networking platform for autonomous systems operating in contested and disconnected environments. We are dedicated to building real defense capability for the Canadian Armed Forces and our allies, providing high-impact technology that is already being deployed in the field.