Senior Backend Engineer

Jerry; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a fast-growing startup on a mission to revolutionize car ownership. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in enhancing driver safety and building scalable backend systems. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a team that aims to disrupt a $2T market while driving innovation. With leaders from top tech companies, you'll be part of a talented team focused on delivering impactful solutions. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience required.
• Proficient in at least one core language: Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript.
• Experience with stream processing applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize stream processing applications using Kafka and Flink.
• Oversee system design and architecture for robust solutions.
• Collaborate with data scientists to integrate models in production.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript

Kafka

Flink

AWS

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Flink

AWS

Job description

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Why us?

Jerry is a fast-growing, pre-IPO startup on a mission to revolutionize the $2T car ownership industry in the U.S. With $240M in funding, 60X revenue growth in 5 years, and an ambitious plan to become a $10B company, we’re looking for driven individuals to help scale our product.

Why us?

Jerry is a fast-growing, pre-IPO startup on a mission to revolutionize the $2T car ownership industry in the U.S. With $240M in funding, 60X revenue growth in 5 years, and an ambitious plan to become a $10B company, we’re looking for driven individuals to help scale our product.

2024 was a milestone year for Jerry. We delivered nearly 50% year-over-year revenue growth while reaching profitability for the first time in our history.

Join a talented team with leaders from NVIDIA, Amazon, NerdWallet, ByteDance, Square, Meta, and more, and build one of the most exciting startups in the industry.

And we're just getting started! Jerry’s growth is driven by forward-thinking technology; Harvard Business Review covered the success of our chatbot less than a year after its launch and Jerry is getting mentioned in many conversations about our use of GenAI, such as this Forbes article.

About The Opportunity

We are seeking a purpose-driven Senior Backend Engineer to work on a critical, stealth project on our DriveShield team to enhance driver safety and make a real-world impact on the lives of millions.

You will play a key role in building scalable and high-performance backend systems that power Jerry’s explosive growth. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the team that that helps us go from 5M to 50M customers and disrupt a $2T market while driving innovation at scale.

???? How you will make an impact

• Focus more on the non-functional requirements of backend applications, including service availability, scalability, reliability (fault tolerance), and possibly observability and security
• Oversee system design and architecture to ensure robust and scalable solutions
• Develop and optimize stream processing applications using Kafka and Flink
• Profile and optimize application performance
• Focus on the application side, collaborating with data scientists to deploy and integrate models in production
• Handle data processing, sanitization, validation, and data QA
  
  

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Proficient in at least one core language (e.g., Java, Python, Go, JavaScript)
• Expertise in Kafka, Flink and AWS
• Experience building stream processing applications
• Knowledge in system programming
• You’re an excellent problem solver and don’t need to be told exactly what to do
• You are known for shipping products and features lightning-fast
• Startup experience at a high-growth company (nice to have)
• Bonus if you have previous knowledge of working with geospatial data
  
  

While we appreciate your interest and application, only applicants under consideration will be contacted.

Jerry is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, reproductive health decisions or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other characteristics protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.

Jerry is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail]

About Jerry

Jerry is America’s first and only AllCar app. We are redefining and radically improving how people manage owning a car, one of their most expensive and time-consuming assets.

Backed by artificial intelligence and machine learning, Jerry simplifies and automates owning and maintaining a car while providing personalized services for all car owners' needs. We spend every day innovating and improving our AI-powered app to provide the best possible experience for our customers. From car insurance and financing to maintenance and safety, Jerry does it all.

We are the #1 rated and most downloaded app in our category with a 4.7 star rating in the App Store. We have more than 5 million customers — and we’re just getting started.

Jerry was founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneurs and has raised more than $240 million in financing.

Join our team and work with passionate, curious and egoless people who love solving real-world problems. Help us build a revolutionary product that’s disrupting a massive market.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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