Senior Backend Software Engineer

About the role

About the Role We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to help architect and scale the systems powering our real-time logistics and operations.

This is a high-impact role for an engineer who enjoys solving ambiguous problems, working with complex systems, and owning technical decisions from architecture through production.

You’ll build backend services that support our web and mobile products while tackling challenges across logistics, routing, automation, scalability, and reliability.

You’ll work closely with frontend, mobile, product, and operations teams and play an important role in shaping how our designs and scales its backend infrastructure as the business grows. What You’ll Do

Design, build, and maintain high-quality backend systems using languages such as Java and Go

Lead major technical initiatives across vehicle routing optimization, logistics automation, scalability, and reliability

Own backend architecture and drive solutions to complex, ambiguous, and high-impact problems

Build and scale core APIs, services, and data stores that support our products and operations

Establish best practices around testing, monitoring, observability, reliability, and system performance

Partner with product and engineering leadership to translate technical priorities into quarterly roadmaps

Collaborate closely with frontend, mobile, product, and operations teams to deliver end-to-end solutions

Mentor other engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on collaboration

Dealbreaker Work experience

Target Companies: Must have worked at a big tech company and has since moved to a talent- dense startup

Education

Education: All candidates must hold a degree in Computer Science or another STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).

Hard skills

Proficiency in backend programming languages like Java or Go

Familiarity with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e. g. , PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).

Miscellaneous

Willingness to work 5 days/week in the office.

BaselineSeniority

5 - 8 years of experience of backend software engineering experience.

Hard skills

Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.

Understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

Miscellaneous

Strong debugging and problem- solving skills.

Nice-to-have Hard skills

Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Exposure to large- scale data processing or event- driven architectures.

Leadership experience in team projects or mentoring roles.