Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Systems & APIs

Zoomcar; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays

Vacation time

Sick time

Comprehensive leave program

Job summary

Zoomcar is looking for an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and maintain control plane services in Santa Clara, California. The ideal candidate has strong programming experience with C++ and/or Go, and a solid understanding of distributed systems and service orchestration.

This full-time position offers a competitive salary range of $160,000-$200,000, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k), and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Strong programming experience with C++ and/or Go.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, service orchestration, and API design.
• Experience with databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Redis) and message queues (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka).
• Familiarity with containerized deployment (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain control plane services for user management.
• Build scalable microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Implement authentication, authorization, and auditing mechanisms.
• Ensure reliability, observability, and high availability of core services.
• Collaborate with frontend and QA teams to deliver stable system releases.

Skills

C++

Go

Distributed systems

Service orchestration

API design

Databases

Message queues

Containerized deployment

Clean code

Job description

Zoomcar is looking for an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and maintain control plane services in Santa Clara, California. The ideal candidate has strong programming experience with C++ and/or Go, and a solid understanding of distributed systems and service orchestration.

This full-time position offers a competitive salary range of $160,000-$200,000, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k), and paid time off.