Senior Software Engineer-Backend

As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Sales Engineering team, you will be a core contributor to the systems that power our end-to-end customer vehicle purchase journey. From trade-in and vehicle configuration through finance, leasing, and delivery — you will build reliable, well-crafted backend services and work hands-on with the third-party integrations that bring those capabilities to life. 

You will collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and external partners to ship features that directly impact how customers experience buying a vehicle. You'll take ownership of meaningful pieces of the stack, contribute to technical decisions within your team, and grow your scope over time. 

This role is ideal for an engineer who writes thoughtful, production-quality code, takes pride in building things that work reliably, and wants to deepen their experience in a complex, high-stakes transactional domain. 

Become part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following:

• →Build and maintain backend services across the customer purchase journey — writing clean, well-tested, production-quality code that your teammates can rely on and build upon. 
• →Design and implement APIs, data models, and service logic that are correct, performant, and easy to evolve as requirements change. 
• →Integrate with third-party providers - valuation services, lender platforms, logistics APIs, and factory systems - building integration layers that are reliable and well-abstracted. 
• →Apply sound engineering patterns to the challenges of distributed systems: error handling, retries, idempotency, and observability - both within our own services and across external dependencies. 
• →Take end-to-end ownership of features: from scoping and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring in production. 
• →Participate actively in code and design reviews: sharing knowledge, catching issues early, and helping maintain a high engineering bar across the team. 
• →Collaborate with product managers, designers, and partner teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions that meet real user needs. 
• →Contribute to improving team practices: documentation, testing standards, on-call processes, and the day-to-day reliability of the systems you own. 
• →Use AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully to increase your own velocity and share effective practices with teammates. 

• To be considered for career opportunities at Scout Motors, applicants must be 18 years of age or older. 
• Residing in San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 
• Residing in Los Angeles: Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. 
• Residing in New York City: This role is not eligible for remote work in New York City.

Scout Motors is committed to employing a diverse workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, or any other characteristics protected by law. Scout Motors is committed to compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact ScoutAccommodations@scoutmotors.com.