Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Job Description

Metropolis is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead one of its Customer Experience teams. The ideal candidate will have a product-oriented mindset and a passion for exploring customer experiences.

This role involves:

• Providing technical direction and implementing technical vision.
• Establishing technologies and practices for system reliability.
• Enabling improvements in developer experience and velocity.
• Coaching engineers and driving hiring.
• Fostering a collaborative environment.
• Creating competitive advantages for customers.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience building customer-centric applications and products.
• Experience initiating and driving technical direction.
• Track record of designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems.
• Expert knowledge of Scala or Java, and strong computer science skills.
• Experience with data-intensive architectures.
• Understanding of release engineering tradeoffs.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Track record of cross-functional collaboration.

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