Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Of America, United States of America
Remote only
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About Carrier
Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.
About the job
Carrier is a leading provider of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems, and building controls and automation. Our Digital Products and Software team builds connected residential experiences that rely on secure, scalable cloud services and resilient device-to-cloud integrations.
The Infinity platform is the cloud backbone for the Residential software ecosystem. It supports backend services, API and event-driven integrations, connected-device workflows, and operational capabilities that power mobile apps, portals, and other digital products across the platform.
This role is remote in the US only. Must be a permanent US Resident, sponsorship is not available.
Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior Engineer, Backend / Cloud to help design, build, and scale the Infinity platform. This role is ideal for an engineer who is strong in cloud-native backend systems, Kubernetes-based runtime environments, and IoT-connected architectures, and who can operate effectively at the center of multiple product experiences.
This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role. The engineer in this position will be expected to lead technical execution in complex areas, strengthen platform reliability and observability, and act as a key daytime escalation point during U.S. business hours.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain cloud-native backend services that support residential applications, device integrations, and platform capabilities.
Develop scalable APIs, asynchronous workflows, and service integrations using modern backend technologies.
Contribute to architecture decisions across microservices, event-driven systems, Kubernetes-based runtime environments, and cloud infrastructure.
Support and improve device-to-cloud flows involving AWS IoT Core and related platform services.
Improve reliability, scalability, observability, and operational readiness across the Infinity platform.
Partner with mobile, web, product, QA, and platform teams to enable high-quality end-to-end delivery.
Troubleshoot production issues, lead root-cause analysis, and help implement durable fixes and long-term remediation.
Contribute to CI/CD, infrastructure automation, release engineering, and secure software delivery practices.
Identify technical risks early and help shape implementation plans and proof-of-concepts for new capabilities.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a Hard Science (Physical, Life, or Applied Science).
7+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years building backend or cloud-native systems in production.
3+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
2+ years of hands-on experience with Cloud IoT Services (AWS, Azure, GCP IoT) and IaC tooling (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS CDK).
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with IoT, telemetry, edge-to-cloud integrations, or device command and state workflows.
Experience with API gateways, backend-for-frontend patterns, or service mesh-based architectures.
Familiarity with Kafka or other event-streaming technologies.
Familiarity with observability tooling, incident response, and operational excellence practices.
Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude, Kiro, or similar tools to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, and delivery.
Experience working in multi-team platform environments serving both internal and external consumers.
Familiarity with authentication and authorization patterns for cloud-native systems.
Role will operate on EST Hours (8am-5pm)
Pay Range
The annual salary for this position is between $96,000.00 - $192,000.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.Other Compensation
This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.Benefits
Employees are eligible for benefits, including:
Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
Retirement Benefits
Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
Tuition Assistance
To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process
Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at Carrier.Recruiting@carrier.com. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.
Application Deadline
Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date: 17 July 2026Job Applicant's Privacy Notice
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Use of AI
Technology-enabled tools may support parts of the recruitment process, with oversight by people.
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