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Senior Engineer (Backend Platform)

Zum

On-siteRedwood City, CAsenior$180k–$240kPosted 8h ago

Job description

  • We are looking to add Senior Engineers to our backend engineering team. You will have opportunities for hands-on contribution in building Zum’s technology platform

  • You will be the owner of one or more backend platform verticals

  • You will get to build customer-facing product features and build/expand platform capabilities as you see fit for your needs to deliver business value

  • You will build microservices with the latest technologies like Kubernetes, Kafka, Postgres, gRPC, etc

  • You will get to actively contribute towards establishing good engineering practices - write high-quality, maintainable, testable, and scalable code, and perform code reviews

  • You will develop applications to improve visibility and traceability across the system using tools like Datadog, Rollbar, Segment, etc

Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision benefits, including paid membership to One Medical

  • Unlimited vacation policy

  • Free daily catered lunches + fully stocked kitchen at HQ

  • Ability to have a huge impact at an early-stage, mission-driven startup

  • Fun office culture and a team you would be proud to work with- If you are a self-driven developer who enjoys solving complex problems and building impactful solutions, you will love this job

  • Experience working with relational and non-relational databases

  • Excellence in one or more programming languages - Node.js, Java, Python

  • 5+ years of industry experience as a Software Engineer

  • Hands-on experience with deploying and managing apps on the cloud - AWS/Google

  • Experience in building enterprise software platforms

  • Hands-on architecture design and coding skills

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent degrees

  • Good communication with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders

  • Good planning, organization, and decision-making skills

  • Strong technical experience and eagerness to establish good engineering practices

  • Good sense of humor with a great ability to work with others

  • Passionate about working for a mission-driven company

  • Experience working in the transportation industry

  • Strong experience with NodeJS and Typescript