Flatgigs

Ahoy is a website and graphic design agency located in Manchester and London.

11-50 employees

Founded 2007

E-Commerce

Private Company

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Fully Remote

This company is fully distributed with team members working remotely.

Open Positions15

Workable workplace: remote; Workable locations: Pakistan. India. EgyptFull-TimeIoT platformsPosted

Platform Architect & Backend Lead

Design end-to-end platform architecture spanning device connectivity, MQTT and protocol ingestion, stream processing, time-series storage, APIs, and real-time WebSocket delivery.
Define the multi-tenant data model, including customer data isolation, tenant-scoped API tokens, and row-level security.
Design device provisioning, authentication, registry, status tracking, and decommissioning systems.
Architect a protocol abstraction layer that normalizes MQTT, Modbus, OPC-UA, CoAP, and HTTP devices to a shared internal data model.
Design a configurable event-condition-action rule engine and plan secure OTA firmware updates.
Document major technical choices in Architecture Decision Records and plan scaling from 100 devices to 500,000+.
Build core platform services, REST and GraphQL APIs, and WebSocket and SSE endpoints for real-time telemetry.
Implement device command-and-control and a device shadow service for last-known device state.
Write unit, integration, and load tests; own SLOs, alerting runbooks, and on-call incident response.
Provision AWS environments with Terraform, configure AWS IoT Core, CI/CD, CloudWatch, and IAM, and document infrastructure for handoff.

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About Flatgigs

Flatgigs solves critical talent and operational gaps for startups across the MENA region. You connect high-growth companies with exceptional, sector-specific talent that drives measurable ROI and accelerates revenue milestones. Your mission is to build sustainable, long-term value for these innovative businesses.

How We Work

Flatgigs operates as a fully remote team across multiple countries. You are expected to communicate proactively and embrace self-documentation. Rigorous documentation habits and async-first communication ensure everyone stays aligned. For some roles, you will coordinate physical hardware testing across distributed locations. You own your work end-to-end, taking responsibility for outcomes.

Engineering at Flatgigs

Flatgigs builds hardware-agnostic IoT platforms from scratch. This involves designing end-to-end architectures, managing device lifecycles, and implementing robust protocol abstraction. Engineers tackle challenges like high-throughput IoT data ingestion and real-time telemetry delivery. You'll work with diverse technologies, from MQTT brokers to time-series databases. Your technical approach emphasizes security, scalability, and performance.

Why Join Us

Build innovative IoT platforms that impact multiple industries.
Solve complex real-world data and hardware integration challenges.
Work autonomously in a remote-first, async communication environment.
Ship production-ready systems that deliver tangible value to users.
Contribute to an environment where every model has the power to improve lives.

Tech Stack

mobileanalyticsweb_server

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