Staff Backend Platform Engineer - Scale & Impact

Zoomcar; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Holidays

Wellness

Vacation

Job summary

Zūm Services, Inc. is hiring a Staff Engineer, Backend Platform to drive architecture and hands-on delivery of our Backend platform. You will lead a small team and shape scalable systems that power our connected mobility platform.

Responsibilities include API design, microservices, cloud deployments (AWS/Google Cloud), and collaborating with Product and Design to launch impactful features. Onsite in Redwood Shores, CA, Bay Area residents preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 8+ years of industry experience as a Software Engineer or Staff Engineer.
• Proven experience building backend systems for enterprise-level applications.
• Strong hands-on skills in architectural design and backend development.

Responsibilities

• Design architecture of Zūm's Backend platform and contribute hands-on coding.
• Lead 2-4 backend developers to deliver high-quality features.
• Introduce tools and processes to scale development workflows.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to plan and deliver new features.
• Own end-to-end development lifecycle from ideation to deployment.

Skills

Backend architecture

Node.js

Java

Python

API design

Cloud deployments

Microservices

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Code quality & conventions

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Node.js

Java

Python

AWS

Google Cloud

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Job description

Zūm Services, Inc. is hiring a Staff Engineer, Backend Platform to drive architecture and hands-on delivery of our Backend platform. You will lead a small team and shape scalable systems that power our connected mobility platform.

Responsibilities include API design, microservices, cloud deployments (AWS/Google Cloud), and collaborating with Product and Design to launch impactful features. Onsite in Redwood Shores, CA, Bay Area residents preferred.