Senior Engineer (Backend Platform)

• 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