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Senior Backend Engineer - Real-time IoT

America's first super app revolutionizing car ownership with AI-powered services for insurance, financing, maintenance, and safety.
San Francisco, CA, USAStanford, CA, USAJersey City, NJ, USA
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
501 - 1,000 Employees
5+ years of experience
AI · Automotive

Description For Senior Backend Engineer - Real-time IoT

Jerry.ai is a rapidly growing pre-IPO startup transforming the $2T car ownership industry in the U.S. With $240M in funding and 60X revenue growth in 5 years, they're building innovative solutions for car ownership management.

The role is for a Senior Backend Engineer position on the DriveShield™ team, focusing on a critical stealth project to enhance driver safety. The position requires expertise in building scalable, high-performance backend systems that will support Jerry.ai's growth from 5M to 50M customers.

Key aspects of the role include:

  • Developing stream processing applications using Kafka and Flink
  • Focusing on non-functional requirements like service availability, scalability, and reliability
  • System design and architecture for robust solutions
  • Collaboration with data scientists for model deployment
  • Performance optimization and data processing

The company has achieved significant milestones, including nearly 50% year-over-year revenue growth and reaching profitability in 2024. The team includes leaders from prestigious companies like NVIDIA, Robinhood, Amazon, Meta, and ByteDance.

Jerry.ai's technology has gained recognition, with coverage in Harvard Business Review for their chatbot implementation and mentions in Forbes regarding their GenAI usage. They're the #1 rated app in their category with a 4.7-star rating and over 5 million customers.

The position offers the opportunity to work with a talented, passionate team focused on solving real-world problems while building a revolutionary product in a massive market. The company culture emphasizes curiosity and ego-free collaboration, making it an ideal environment for driven engineers looking to make a significant impact.

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Responsibilities For Senior Backend Engineer - Real-time IoT

  • Focus on non-functional requirements of backend applications
  • Oversee system design and architecture
  • Develop and optimize stream processing applications using Kafka and Flink
  • Profile and optimize application performance
  • Collaborate with data scientists to deploy and integrate models in production
  • Handle data processing, sanitization, validation, and data QA

Requirements For Senior Backend Engineer - Real-time IoT

Java
Python
Kafka
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Proficient in at least one core language (e.g., Java, Python, Go, JavaScript)
  • Expertise in Kafka, Flink and AWS
  • Experience building stream processing applications
  • Known for shipping products and features lightning-fast
  • Startup experience at a high-growth company (nice to have)
  • Previous knowledge of working with geospatial data (bonus)

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