Senior Product Engineer, Backend

United States·Redwood CityHybridFull-timesenior

EngineeringOtherBackend EngineeringDevOps & InfrastructureEngineerProduct EngineerPlatform EngineerInfrastructure & Cloud

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Overview

About Zūm: Zūm is revolutionizing mass mobility with its Connected Mobility Experience (Zūm CMX™) system that connects and coordinates people, vehicles, and operations in real time.

Key Responsibilities

What to expect in this role: You will be the owner of one or more backend platform verticals. You will get to build customer-facing product features and build/expand platform capabilities as you see fit for your needs to deliver business value.

Requirements Summary

We are looking to add Senior Engineers to our backend engineering team. You will have opportunities for hands-on contribution in building Zūm’s technology platform.

Technical Tools

awsdatadogjavajavascriptkafkakubernetespostgresqlpythonsegmenttypescriptcode-reviewmicroservices

Zūm is revolutionizing mass mobility with its Connected Mobility Experience (Zūm CMX™) system that connects and coordinates people, vehicles, and operations in real time. In the $50 billion student mobility market – the largest segment of the mass mobility industry – Zūm CMX is transforming a daily source of anxiety and disruption into a reliable, transparent, and efficient mobility experience for students and families. Today, more than 6,500 schools rely on Zūm CMX. Recognized globally for its innovative approach and operational execution, Zūm has been named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies, CNBC Disruptor 50 and Changemakers, the World Economic Forum, and the Financial Times’ Fastest Growing Companies lists. Zūm is backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, GIC, TPG, and Softbank.

You care about shipping features that customers actually feel, and you measure your work by the business outcomes it drives.
You want to build customer-facing product functionality on top of Zūm's platform, moving fast without cutting corners.
You're self-driven, enjoy solving ambiguous product problems, and default to the simplest solution that meets the need.
You partner easily with Product and Design, and you take full ownership of what you ship, from spec to production.

Responsibilities

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→Own one or more product verticals within backend engineering, building customer-facing features end-to-end.
→Build microservices and APIs using our stack: Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL, gRPC, and related tools consuming the platform primitives (auth, data access, shared services) our platform team provides rather than building them yourself.
→Work closely with Product and Design to translate requirements into technical designs and shipped functionality.
→Write high-quality, maintainable, testable code, and participate actively in code review.
→Instrument what you build for visibility and traceability using tools like Datadog, Rollbar, and Segment.
→Contribute to engineering practices within your team, but the platform's shared standards and infrastructure are owned by the Platform Infrastructure team, not you.

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
5+ years of industry experience as a Software Engineer, ideally with experience building product features on top of a shared backend platform.
Excellence in one or more backend languages: Node.js, Java, or Python, with strong TypeScript/Node.js preferred.
Experience working with relational and non-relational databases.
Hands-on experience deploying and managing applications on the cloud (AWS/Google Cloud).
Good planning, organization, and decision-making skills.
Strong communication with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.
Good sense of humor with a great ability to work with others.

Nice to Have

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Passionate about working for a mission-driven company.
Experience working in the transportation industry.
Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript.

The targeted base salary range for this role is listed in the compensation section below. Actual salary may be above or below this range based on factors such as location, skills, and relevant experience. In addition, this position may include additional compensation in the form of equity or commissions. If you are a full-time salaried or hourly worker, we offer the following benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Holidays, Wellness, Vacation, and more. The targeted pay range for this role in CA, USA is: $190,000 - $260,000 plus stock options.

Zūm Services, Inc. and all its subsidiaries provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job

Redwood City, United States

Hybrid, some on-site time required

Who can apply

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About this job

Pay per year: $190,000–$260,000 a year; 32% above the $170,000 median for Product Engineer jobs on Jobera (203 salaries).
Who can apply: United States
Posted: 372 days ago
Employer: has 38 open jobs on Jobera.