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Senior Software Engineer, BackendMetropolis • Los Angeles, California, United States
Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Metropolis • Los Angeles, California, United States
14 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

The Company

Metropolis is an artificial intelligence company that uses computer vision technology to enable frictionless, checkout-free experiences in the real world. Today, we are reimagining parking to enable millions of consumers to just "drive in and drive out." We envision a future where people transact in the real world with a speed, ease and convenience that is unparalleled, even online. Tomorrow, we will power checkout-free experiences anywhere you go to make the everyday experiences of living, working and playing remarkable - giving us back our most valuable asset, time.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Customer Experience application development team and contribute to the next step function growth phase. As a member of the engineering team, you will have the opportunity to design and build systems and features from the ground-up, have a big role to play in defining the direction of our product and mentor other engineers.

The ideal candidate will have a product-oriented mindset with a passion for technology and customer satisfaction. This engineer will play a critical role in the company's success by ensuring that software development efforts are aligned with customer needs and contribute to the company's overall growth and profitability. This is a unique opportunity to build an end-to-end mobility platform, that supports high throughput locations, aviation, fleet management and other use cases impacting the everyday experience of millions of people.

If you are energized by the mission to empower our customers to harness time through remarkable mobility products, this role is for you. We operate in a fast-paced, challenging, and fun environment! We work together as one team to deliver on our commitments. We challenge the status quo every day, internally and externally.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain the backend services that make up the Metropolis parking platform.
  • Be a key part of the entire development lifecycle, including ideation and identifying requirements.
  • Moderate technical discussions, evaluate new techniques, and ensure our platform is constantly evolving and improving.
  • Leverage best practices in automation testing and deployment to enable rapid iteration and launch of new features.
  • Help build a culture where bugs and mistakes in Production are treated as opportunities to improve the platform.
  • Ensure that the systems we build are highly available and scalable.
  • Work directly with our partners and build solutions that seamlessly integrate their products with the Metropolis platform.

Required Qualifications

  • MS or BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience. Strong fundamental computer science skills.
  • 6+ years of software engineering experience. Advanced level knowledge of Scala, Java or related language.
  • Proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems and software products in high volume consumer facing applications.
  • Experience with microservices, event driven architectures, and related technologies and paradigms.
  • Deep understanding of Agile engineering processes that support the entire software development life cycle, including TDD / BDD, CI / CD and related build / test / deploy processes.
  • Experience with database technologies, especially MySQL and Postgres
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
  • Local to Santa Monica (Los Angeles), New York City, or Seattle areas
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with container technologies and “infrastructure as code” techniques
  • Work experience in innovative, high-growth environments
  • When you join Metropolis, you’ll join a team of world-class product leaders and engineers, building an ecosystem of technologies at the intersection of parking, mobility, and real estate. Our goal is to build an inclusive culture where everyone has a voice and the best idea wins. You will play a key role in building and maintaining this culture as our organization grows. The anticipated base salary for this position is $130,000.00 to $200,000.00 annually. The actual base salary offered is determined by a number of variables, including, as appropriate, the applicant's qualifications for the position, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location of residence and / or place of employment. Base salary is one component of Metropolis’s total compensation package, which may also include access to or eligibility for healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a lucrative stock option plan, bonus plans and more.

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    Metropolis Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We make all hiring decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or pregnancy), national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.

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