Ridezum

Staff Product Engineer, Backend

Hybrid Remote/ Redwood City, CA. Posted 14 months ago

The role

You will be a core technical contributor and lead on backend product features built on Zūm's platform. You will lead a small group of engineers through execution and own outcomes from design to production.

What you will do

  • Architect the features and services your team builds, as a core technical contributor and lead in backend product engineering
  • Work with backend engineers to deliver product features from ideation to deployment
  • Partner with Product and Design to plan and scope new functionality and represent engineering feasibility and tradeoffs
  • Improve and extend existing product-facing systems on shared platform primitives such as auth, data access and core services
  • Introduce tools and process improvements that help your team ship faster, in line with platform-wide standards
  • Stay hands-on and own your code from design through production

Required qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of industry experience as a Software Engineer, with technical leadership on product-facing initiatives
  • Proven experience building backend systems for enterprise-level product features across multiple platforms
  • Strong hands-on skills in feature-level architecture and backend development
  • Experience with relational and non-relational databases
  • Proficiency in one or more backend languages: Node.js, Java or Python
  • Hands-on experience deploying and managing applications in cloud environments (AWS or Google Cloud)
  • Experience building scalable product features, both vertically and horizontally
  • Proficient in developing APIs for internal and external use with a focus on performance, scalability and security
  • Experience working within microservice-based architectures
  • Strong technical judgment and eagerness to follow and reinforce good coding conventions
  • Good planning, organization and decision-making skills

Nice to have

  • Passion for working for a mission-driven company
  • Experience working in the transportation industry
  • Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401(k)
  • Holidays
  • Wellness
  • Vacation
  • Stock options
  • And more

Before you apply

  • Only candidates already based in the Bay Area will be considered

About the company

Zūm builds Zūm CMX, a connected mobility system used by more than 7,500 schools. The company is backed by investors including Sequoia Capital, GIC, TPG and Softbank.