Senior Backend Engineer (Remote) - Stream processing

Jerry; Palo Alto (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative startup is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their DriveShield team. This role focuses on enhancing driver safety through scalable backend systems. With a mission to disrupt the car ownership industry, the company is experiencing explosive growth and aims to expand its customer base significantly. You'll work on stream processing applications, ensuring service reliability and performance. This is a unique chance to be part of a dynamic team, leveraging cutting-edge technology to make a real-world impact in a rapidly evolving market.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on backend systems.
• Experience in stream processing applications and system programming.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize stream processing applications using Kafka and Flink.
• Oversee system design to ensure robust and scalable solutions.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript

Problem-solving

Startup experience

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.

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 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
• 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
• Strong problem-solving skills and initiative
• Ability to ship products and features rapidly
• Startup experience at a high-growth company (nice to have)
• Bonus: experience 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 law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in our application process. Please contact us at [e-mail] if needed.

About Jerry

Jerry is America’s first and only AllCar app, redefining how people manage owning a car. Backed by AI and machine learning, we simplify car ownership, maintenance, insurance, and more, providing personalized services for all car owners’ needs.

With over 5 million customers, we are the #1 rated app in our category, founded in 2017, with over $240 million raised.

Join our passionate team to solve real-world problems and disrupt a massive market.