Bird

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Senior Software Engineer, IoT

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 201-500Since 2017H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

36 days ago

Salary

$137K - $185K / year

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudDistributed SystemsGrafanaIo TJavaJenkinsKafkaKotlinKubernetesMicroservicesScalaGo

Job Description

• Design, implement, and optimize backend and infrastructure solutions to support business growth. Deliver at least one major feature or system enhancement per quarter that improves performance, scalability, or maintainability. • Work with product, data, vehicle and infrastructure teams to design and implement solutions that align with business needs. Provide actionable recommendations and technical feasibility assessments within agreed timelines. • Monitor and improve system health, proactively addressing performance bottlenecks and outages. Reduce system downtime by at least 5% annually through incident resolution and preventative measures. • Provide code reviews, technical guidance, and mentorship to junior engineers. Conduct at least one structured knowledge-sharing session per quarter and set individual development goals for mentees. • Improve CI/CD pipelines, automate deployments, and implement best practices to increase engineering efficiency. Reduce manual operational workload by at least 10% per year through automation. • Collaborate with the team to propose at least two technical initiatives per year that align with the team's roadmap. • Tackle high-impact engineering challenges, conduct post-mortems, and implement long-term fixes. Reduce repeat incidents by 10% annually through improved monitoring, alerting, and root cause analysis. • Champion engineering culture: Act as a role model for technical excellence, collaboration, and innovation. Lead at least one technical discussion, hackathon, or knowledge-sharing event per quarter to strengthen team engagement.

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in STEM with 5+ years of professional, relevant experience
  • Strong proficiency in Golang, with hands-on experience with IoT devices, real-time data pipelines, and communication protocols.
  • Experience with JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala) for building scalable backend services.
  • Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, Kafka, Kubernetes, and AWS for cloud-based architectures.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and debugging using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
  • Proven track record in observability tools (Datadog, Grafana) for system monitoring and debugging.
  • Willingness to participate in on-call rotations for production system support and critical incident resolution.
  • Proven ability to reduce system failures through proactive monitoring, alerting, and post-mortem analysis.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to advocate for technical solutions and collaborate with stakeholders.
  • Experience documenting best practices and technical designs to enhance team knowledge-sharing.
  • Expertise in debugging and optimizing large-scale, connected systems handling high-volume telemetry data.
  • Ability to contribute to technical roadmaps by identifying system improvements that enhance scalability and reliability.
  • Experience implementing best practices to improve system performance, maintainability, and cost efficiency.
  • Ability to travel approximately twice a year

Benefits

  • Plenty of time off to relax and recharge, plus a wellness resource to help you wind down.
  • A work-from-home stipend.
  • An employer-paid healthcare package.
  • Of course, Bird ride credits to get you where you need to be!

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