Sr. Software Engineer

Overview

Join our forward thinking team building the next generation of Intelligent Transportation Systems!

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who’s equally excited about cutting-edge technology and having an outsized impact on the future of transportation. Operating as a small startup within a larger company, we move fast, learn constantly, and build solutions that will scale with our growing SaaS platform.

You’ll work with our modern tech stack (Go, Python, NATS, Numaflow, Kubernetes, Dagster, GraphQL) to build user-facing applications and backend services that process real-time transportation and logistics data while providing value-added services to our customers. We’re seeking someone who’s not just technically excellent, but genuinely curious, quirky, and thrives in an environment where your contributions directly shape the product the team.

Responsibilities

• Frontend Development and User Experience
• Build responsive, intuitive web applications using Svelte/SvelteKit for transportation data processing & visualization, system management, and more.
• Design and implement user interfaces that make complex features accessible to diverse stakeholders.
• Create real-time dashboards and monitoring interfaces for system operators.
• Ensure excellent user experience, including accessibility, across all devices and platforms.
• Backend Services and API Development
• Develop robust backend services in Golang that power the GraphQL and other event-driven services of our platform.
• Design and implement workflow processing stages in both Golang and Python depending on need.
• Integrate with our NATS messaging infrastructure to exchange events and react to new actions in the system in real-time.
• Optimize API performance and ensure scalability as our SaaS platform grows.
• Data Integration and Real-Time Processing
• Work with our S3-based Data Lake and Dagster to bring new customer data onto the platform and off-board data to customer platforms.
• Integrate with Numaflow stream processing to provide new, exciting AI-driven data processing capabilities to customers.
• Build features that help customers understand and interact with their data on the Data Lake.
• Implement data visualization components and features to make complex analytic results digestible.
• Enable customers to perform “human in the loop” actions to improve/correct the AI capabilities they utilize through a feedback mechanism.
• Platform Development and DevOps Collaboration
• Collaborate with DevOps colleagues on containerized deployment using our Kubernetes/Argo CD infrastructure.
• Work with Bazel build system and contribute to build optimization efforts.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle from proof of concepts (PoCs), requirements gathering to production deployment.
• Contribute to architectural decisions that will scale with our growing customer base.
• Product Innovation and Customer Focus
• Work closely with product and design teams to translate customer needs into technical solutions.
• Rapidly prototype new features and validate ideas with quick iterations.
• Build customer-facing tools that help transportation agencies optimize their operations.
• Contribute to product strategy based on technical feasibility and innovation opportunities.

This list of responsibilities might not cover everything you'll end up doing.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Experience

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Engineer or in a similar role, with at least 4+ years of experience in UI development and Backend Development
• Hands-on experience building scalable web applications and APIs
• Experience working in high-growth or startup environments
• Experience working in a high-availability, high-performance environment, such as transportation, data analytics, or financial systems

Technical Skills

• Modern frontend framework experience (React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Solid, etc.) – we use Svelte but value transferable skills
• Modern backend language proficiency (Go, Python, Rust, C#, etc.) – we primarily use Go, but appreciate diverse backgrounds
• GraphQL API development and integration
• Experience with responsive web design and modern CSS frameworks, such as Tailwind
• Knowledge of REST and/or GraphQL API design principles
• Git and collaborative development workflows
• Understanding of containerization and modern deployment practices
• Experience with real-time web applications (WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Svelte/SvelteKit experience (our frontend framework of choice)
• Go experience (our primary backend language)
• Experience with NATS or other message broker systems
• Kubernetes and containerized application development
• Experience with data visualization libraries (e-Charts, D3.js, ThreeJS, etc.)
• Bazel or other large-scale build system experience (Turbo, Nx)
• Background in real-time analytics or data-intensive applications
• UI/UX design experience or strong design sensibilities

Benefits

We offer a Total Rewards plan designed with you and your family’s health and wellness in mind that includes:

• Paid days off ( i. e. vacatio n, sick days, bereavement leave)
• Health and Dental plans
• Retirement plans
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• Employee referral program
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

External Salary Range: 150K - 190K annually.

Internal Salary Range: To be determined.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, veteran sta tus, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disabilit y or any other protected characteristics in accordance with applicable federal, state/provincial, and local laws . We 're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.

We appreciate all responses and will acknowledge only those being c onsidered for an interview . We respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies .