Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Location: Santa Monica, CA

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 speed, ease, and convenience - giving us back our most valuable asset, time. 

The Role 

We are seeking Senior Software Engineers to design and implement our suite of parking products. As a member of the Engineering team, you will have the opportunity to design and build systems and features from the ground-up. Your responsibilities won’t be limited to just designing and implementing the code. You will also have a big role to play in defining the direction of our product, mentoring other engineers, and assisting with architecture design. 

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. 

• 6+ years of software engineering experience 

• Professional exposure to development of large-scale, high-quality systems and software products 

• Experience building distributed systems using 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 

• Local to Santa Monica 

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 $165,000.00 to 195,000.00 annually. The actual base pay 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 pay is one component of Metropolis’s total compensation package, which usually includes: 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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