Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Job Description

Metropolis is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Customer Experience application development team. This role involves designing and building systems and features from the ground up, defining product direction, and mentoring other engineers. The ideal candidate will have a product-oriented mindset and a passion for technology and customer satisfaction.This engineer will play a critical role in ensuring software development efforts align with customer needs and contribute to the company's growth.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

What Metropolis Offers:

• Healthcare benefits
• A 401(k) plan
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• A lucrative stock option plan
• Bonus plans