Senior Backend Engineer (Remote) - Stream processing

ZipRecruiter; Bodega Bay (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a fast-growing startup on a mission to revolutionize the car ownership industry. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a critical role in enhancing driver safety through innovative backend systems. Join a talented team with leaders from top tech firms and contribute to a project that aims to scale from 5M to 50M customers. Your expertise in languages like Java or Python, along with tools like Kafka and AWS, will be essential in driving the company’s explosive growth. This is your chance to make a real-world impact in a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience required.
• Proficient in at least one core language like Java, Python, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Focus on non-functional requirements of backend applications.
• Develop and optimize stream processing applications using Kafka and Flink.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript

Kafka

Flink

AWS

Problem-solving

Tools

Kafka

Flink

AWS

Job description

Job Description

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 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 on 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.
• Collaborate 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.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
• Track record of shipping products and features rapidly.
• Startup experience at a high-growth company (nice to have).
• Bonus: experience working with geospatial data.

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

Jerry is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or other characteristics protected by law.

We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation, 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 AI and machine learning, Jerry simplifies and automates car ownership and maintenance while offering personalized services. We are the #1 rated and most downloaded app in our category with over 5 million customers and more than $240 million in funding since our founding in 2017.

Join our passionate team to solve real-world problems and build a revolutionary product disrupting a massive market.