Senior Software Engineer - Full-stack

Swiftly, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Remote; CAD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity compensation

Medical, Dental and Vision

Retirement with Employer Match

Flexible PTO with a recommended min

Flexible work environment

Home office setup reimbursement

Monthly cell/internet reimbursement

Monthly "Be Well" stipend

16 paid holidays

Job summary

Swiftly, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build scalable cloud-based services and collaborate across Product, Design, and Engineering.

You’ll work on backend services with Java, Python, and Node.js, and frontends with Vue.js, delivering end-to-end experiences for transit agencies. We value a strong product mindset, real-time data processing expertise, and comfort with APIs, SQL/NoSQL, and cloud-native architectures.

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with real-time data processing systems.
• Comfort applying modern AI tools to accelerate development and improve quality.
• Full-stack proficiency: backend in Java, Python, or Node.js; frontend in Vue.js; willingness to learn across the stack.
• Experience building and consuming APIs; proficiency with SQL and non-relational databases, including informed schema and data modeling decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and extend products, features, and functionality that solve real customer problems.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to discover and validate customer needs and technical approaches.
• Prototype quickly, and as necessary, to de-risk projects, test assumptions, and iterate ideas into production-ready solutions.
• Consistently deliver incremental value by anticipating dependencies, breaking down work, and regularly demoing progress.
• Communicate technical trade-offs, present system design proposals clearly, and document architectural decisions.
• Apply modern software engineering practices to deliver robust, maintainable, and extensible systems.
• Up level teammates through code reviews, pairing, and strong collaboration.
• Take ownership of your code and product domain, engaging in retrospectives and continuously improving how the team works.

Skills

Java

Python

Node.js

Vue.js

APIs

Real-time data processing

Cloud-native architectures

SQL

NoSQL

Product mindset

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Vue.js

Job description

Company Description

Swiftly is on a mission to help cities move more efficiently. We are the leading transit data platform for agencies to share real-time passenger information, manage day-to-day operations, and improve service performance. Today, over 200 transit agencies in 12 countries – including LA Metro, MARTA, SEPTA, and MBTA – rely on Swiftly to improve on-time performance by up to 40% and increase passenger information accuracy by up to 50%. The result is better service reliability, increased ridership, and more efficient transit operations.

Company Description

Swiftly is on a mission to help cities move more efficiently. We are the leading transit data platform for agencies to share real-time passenger information, manage day-to-day operations, and improve service performance. Today, over 200 transit agencies in 12 countries – including LA Metro, MARTA, SEPTA, and MBTA – rely on Swiftly to improve on-time performance by up to 40% and increase passenger information accuracy by up to 50%. The result is better service reliability, increased ridership, and more efficient transit operations.

Company Description

Swiftly is on a mission to help cities move more efficiently. We are the leading transit data platform for agencies to share real-time passenger information, manage day-to-day operations, and improve service performance. Today, over 200 transit agencies in 12 countries – including LA Metro, MARTA, SEPTA, and MBTA – rely on Swiftly to improve on-time performance by up to 40% and increase passenger information accuracy by up to 50%. The result is better service reliability, increased ridership, and more efficient transit operations.

Even though Swiftly's HQ office is located in San Francisco, CA, we are open to candidates in most locations across the U.S. as well as Ontario and British Columbia, Canada. At this time we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.

Engineering at Swiftly

Engineering at Swiftly is not only about writing code – we believe in creating empowered product teams that work together to conceptualize new features and bring them to life. Each team aims to strike a balance between delivering incremental improvements, creating prototypes to test new ideas and mitigate risks, and building scalable software using industry best practices. We’re guided by a mission to positively impact transit riders, and we embrace humility and intentionality in how we make technical decisions so that we best meet our customers’ needs.

About The Role

Swiftly is looking for a Senior Software Engineer with experience building scalable cloud-based services. You'll collaborate seamlessly with Product Managers, Designers, and teammates to discover the right solutions. You will work across the stack, contributing to backend services as well as modern frontend applications, to deliver seamless, end-to-end experiences for our customers. Our backend environment includes Java, Node.js, and Python; our MV* framework of choice is Vue.js, but we welcome applicants who are excited to work across languages and have strong experience with any major MV* framework.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, maintain, and extend products, features, and functionality that solve real customer problems.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to discover and validate customer needs and technical approaches.
• Prototype quickly, and as necessary, to de-risk projects, test assumptions, and iterate ideas into production-ready solutions.
• Consistently deliver incremental value by anticipating dependencies, breaking down work, and regularly demoing progress.
• Communicate technical trade-offs, present system design proposals clearly, and document architectural decisions.
• Apply modern software engineering practices to deliver robust, maintainable, and extensible systems.
• Up level teammates through code reviews, pairing, and strong collaboration.
• Take ownership of your code and product domain, engaging in retrospectives and continuously improving how the team works.

What Will Set You Up For Success

• Motivated by mission-driven work and excited to improve public transit.
• 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Experience building real-time data processing systems.
• Comfort applying modern AI tools to accelerate development and improve quality.
• Full-stack skills: strong in at least one of Java, Python, or Node/JavaScript; comfortable building modern frontends (Vue.js a plus); eager to learn across the stack.
• Experience building and consuming APIs; proficiency with SQL and non-relational databases, including making informed schema and data modeling decisions.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and services (AWS preferred).
• Strong product mindset: you use technology pragmatically to solve meaningful customer problems.
• Continuous learner who embraces emerging technologies and helps others grow.
• Collaborative team player who contributes wherever needed to support team goals.
• Open to feedback (a core Swiftly value), humble in technical debate, and committed to blameless learning and improvement.

Pay Range

In accordance with pay transparency laws, please see the approximate salary ranges below.

These ranges represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary and any on-target earnings (if applicable) for this position.

Actual salaries will vary and are based on a multitude of non-discriminatory factors including final role leveling decisions, a candidate’s relevant work experiences/skills, and geographic location. Salary is one component of Swiftly’s total compensation package, which also includes stock options, competitive benefits, 401(k)/ RRSP matching, a fantastic team and culture, opportunity to have a huge impact, emphasis on professional growth and holistic wellness, and other perks.

• US Salary Range: $130,000 - $210,000
• Canadian Salary Range: $140,000 - $200,000

Beyond The Skills

We are looking for candidates who are passionate about mobility, sustainability, or mission-oriented projects that have a significant real-world impact. Ideal candidates encompass the core values of our company:

Team.

Together, we are more effective and better supported

Impact.

Drive impact for our customers, our company, and all of our teams

Diversity.

See differing perspectives as ways to address our weaknesses and find new strengths

Communication.

Assume others internally and externally have good intentions

Feedback.

We share feedback because we want each other to grow professionally and personally

Growth.

Foster personal, professional, and company growth

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity compensation (company ownership) for every employee
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Retirement with Employer Match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Home office setup reimbursement
• Monthly cell/internet reimbursement
• Monthly "Be Well" stipend
• Flexible PTO with a recommended minimum
• Flexible work environment
• 16 paid holidays - including months without US national holidays
• 12 fully paid weeks of leave for child birth/adoption

Travel note:

Swiftly employees can generally expect to travel 1–2 times a year for in-person company or team offsites. As a fully distributed company, we consider these offsites important for cultivating strong relationships across our teams! Attending these in-person is expected and encouraged, although we understand everyone has different personal circumstances and we will consider requests for exceptions. Customer-facing team members and other specific roles may be expected to travel more frequently.

We are an equal opportunity employer - we are committed to a workplace that is as dynamic, diverse, and passionate as the communities we serve.

Because we work with public agencies, we participate in E-Verify.