Senior Software Engineer

Location : Santa Monica, CA or Seattle, WA (Hybrid)

The Company

Metropolis develops advanced computer vision and machine learning technology that makes mobile commerce remarkable. Our platform is already deployed in hundreds of mobility facilities and industries with billions in opportunity.

We’re building the digital pipes through which the future of mobile commerce will move.

The Role

Metropolis is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement software for our suite of mobility products. As a member of the Platform Engineering team, you will have the opportunity to design and build systems and features from the ground-up that help connect the dots between all parts of the Metropolis ecosystem hardware, machine learning, web and mobile applications, and more.

In this role, you will be expected to leverage your software engineering experience to build durable, sustainable and scalable systems, while ensuring that we build the best solutions for our customers.

You will work closely with members of other Engineering, Product and Operations organizations to define requirements and support the deployment of software into production.

Your responsibilities won’t be limited to just designing and implementing the code - you will also have a big role to play in defining the direction of our product, mentoring other engineers, and assisting with architecture design.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain the software services that make up the Metropolis mobility platform.
• Be a key part of the entire development lifecycle, including ideation and identifying requirements.
• Moderate technical discussions, evaluate new techniques and ensure our platform is constantly evolving and improving.
• Leverage best practices in automation testing and deployment to enable rapid iteration and launch of new features.
• Help build a culture where bugs and mistakes in Production are treated as opportunities to improve the platform.
• Be a key part of hiring engineers and setting the culture with Metropolis Engineering.
• Ensure that the systems we build are highly available and scalable.
• Work directly with our partners and build solutions that seamlessly integrate their products with the Metropolis platform.

Requirements and Qualifications

• MS or BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience
• Professional exposure to development of large-scale, high-quality systems and software products, preferably in high volume consumer facing applications
• Working knowledge of Scala, Java or other languages that run on the JVM and support functional programming concepts
• Experience building distributed systems using SOA, microservices, event driven architectures and related technologies and paradigms.
• Deep understanding of agile engineering processes that support the entire software development life cycle, including TDD / BDD, CI / CD and related build / test / deploy processes.
• Experience with database technologies, especially MySQL / RDS and solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
• Hands-on experience with container technologies and infrastructure as code techniques would be a plus.
• Previous experience working inside innovative, high-growth environments also a plus
• Preferred local to the Seattle or Santa Monica areas.

When you join Metropolis, you’ll join a team of world-class product leaders and engineers, building an ecosystem of technologies at the intersection of parking, mobility, and real estate.

Our goal is to build an inclusive culture where everyone has a voice and the best idea wins. You will play a key role in building and maintaining this culture as our organization grows.

The anticipated base salary for this position is $121,000.00 to 190,000.00 annually. The actual base pay offered is determined by a number of variables, including, as appropriate, the applicant's qualifications for the position, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location of residence and / or place of employment.

Base pay is one component of Metropolis’s total compensation package, which may also include access to or eligibility for healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a lucrative stock option plan, bonus plans and more.

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