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Job Overview
Location
Los Angeles
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
November 17, 2025
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Own the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of our customer-facing mobile and web applications that control and monitor next-generation desalination units in the field.
- • Architect and maintain a secure, scalable cloud pipeline that ingests high-frequency sensor data (temperature, pressure, salinity, flow rates) from hundreds of distributed devices, enabling real-time analytics and predictive maintenance.
- • Build rock-solid Bluetooth communication layers between iOS/Android apps and embedded hardware, ensuring seamless pairing, encrypted data exchange, and graceful offline/online transitions in low-connectivity environments.
- • Ship production-grade React Native and Flutter apps to both App Store and Google Play, iterating rapidly on user feedback from plant operators, field technicians, and enterprise customers across three continents.
- • Design and implement over-the-air (OTA) update mechanisms that push new firmware and feature releases to edge devices without interrupting critical water production—zero-downtime deployments are a must when communities depend on you for drinking water.
- • Create internal dashboards and admin portals (Node.js, React, Python) that give our hardware, test, and customer-success teams real-time visibility into fleet health, manufacturing yield, and customer KPIs.
- • Collaborate daily with mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineers to translate complex desalination physics into intuitive user experiences—expect whiteboard sessions on membrane fouling algorithms followed by sprint planning on feature flags.
- • Establish foundational DevOps practices: containerized microservices on AWS/GCP, CI/CD with GitHub Actions, infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, and robust monitoring via Datadog or Grafana so we catch anomalies before a village runs dry.
- • Champion code quality through automated testing (unit, integration, E2E), peer reviews, and documentation that allows new engineers to onboard in days, not weeks.
- • Influence product roadmap by translating field data into actionable insights—your telemetry might reveal that a 2 % increase in recovery rate saves 500 k gallons per day, directly shaping the next hardware revision.
- • Mentor junior developers and interns, fostering a culture of experimentation, psychological safety, and relentless focus on impact.
- • Participate in occasional field deployments—from coastal California pilot sites to remote Caribbean communities—gathering first-hand user feedback and ensuring software performs under sun, salt, and spotty cellular coverage.
- • Contribute to open-source projects and publish technical blogs that position Vital Lyfe as a thought leader in climate tech and IoT for social good.
🎯 Requirements
- • 5+ years shipping production mobile (iOS & Android) and web applications, with at least one React Native or Flutter app live in the stores.
- • Demonstrated experience designing and integrating Bluetooth LE communication stacks between mobile apps and embedded devices.
- • Strong backend fundamentals: Node.js, Python, or Java; RESTful and GraphQL APIs; PostgreSQL or similar relational databases; cloud-native architecture on AWS or GCP.
- • Proven ability to build for reliability in low-connectivity or offline environments—caching, queuing, conflict resolution, and graceful degradation.
- • Nice-to-have: cellular IoT (LTE-M, NB-IoT), OTA pipelines, embedded C/C++ or RTOS exposure, MRP/ERP integration, DevOps/IaC expertise.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Mission-driven equity: generous stock options in a high-growth climate-tech startup poised to secure safe water for millions.
- • Flexible hybrid schedule: work from our sunny Los Angeles HQ or remotely, with quarterly off-sites in coastal locations where our tech is deployed.
- • Full platinum health, dental, and vision coverage for you and dependents, plus annual wellness stipend for surf lessons, gym memberships, or meditation apps.
- • Annual $3 k learning budget for conferences, courses, or certifications—whether you want to master Rust or dive deep into desalination chemistry.
- • 20 days PTO plus 10 company holidays and one paid volunteer day each quarter to support water-focused NGOs.
Skills & Technologies
About Vital Lyfe, Inc.
Vital Lyfe, Inc. develops portable water purification hardware and supporting services aimed at providing safe drinking water where infrastructure is limited or disrupted. The company designs compact, high-throughput filtration and UV/advanced‑oxidation devices with aerospace-grade materials and engineering for durability, paired with modular cartridges and monitoring telemetry. Products target humanitarian relief, outdoor/expedition users, and last‑mile supply chains, with emphasis on reliability, low maintenance, and scaleable manufacturing. Vital Lyfe offers direct sales, institutional deployments, and partner programs for NGOs and governments, plus firmware/software for device management and water‑quality telemetry. Headquarters: Hawthorne, California.
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