Senior Software Development Engineer

BusPatrol

Senior Software Engineer developing scalable microservices for BusPatrol's Automated Safety Platform. Leading modernization efforts and architectural decisions for a mission-driven company.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $130,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAWSCloudDjangoDockerDynamoDBFlaskGraphQLGRPCJestMicroservicesMySQLNoSQLPostgresPythonReactRSpecRubyRuby on RailsSQLVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead engineering efforts to decompose our monolithic applications into scalable, modular microservices.
Design, develop, and maintain clean, efficient, and well-tested code in both backend (Python, Ruby) and frontend (React/Angular) stacks.
Build and evolve secure, high-performance APIs supporting real-time data pipelines and customer-facing applications.
Partner with cross-functional teams including Product, QA, DevOps, and Data Engineering to build end-to-end solutions that meet business goals.
Contribute to architectural decisions that improve performance, observability, security, maintainability and scalability/reusability.
Champion engineering best practices including CI/CD, TDD, pair programming, and code reviews.
Take ownership of projects from ideation through deployment, with a bias for execution and iterative improvement.
Be a proactive voice in platform strategy, bringing innovative ideas and continuous learning to the team.
Contribute to our cloud-native infrastructure using AWS serverless technologies (e.g., Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, S3).

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software development experience; strong foundation in backend systems using Python (must-have) and Ruby (nice to have).
Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or VueJS.
3+ years of experience with backend web frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, Rails).
Hands-on experience with AWS services: Lambda, S3, SQS, API Gateway, CloudWatch.
Comfortable working in an agile, test-driven development environment with modern DevOps tooling.
Practical knowledge of RESTful APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases (MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB), GraphQL.
Design and implement event-driven services using technologies like AWS EventBridge, SNS/SQS, etc to enable decoupled, scalable communication between microservices
Experience designing and consuming gRPC APIs in production environments a plus
Proficient in containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with testing and linting tools (pytest, rspec, jest, Flake8, RuboCop).
Excellent communicator with a strong collaborative mindset and a passion for mentoring and peer reviews.
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Be part of a mission-driven company making roads safer for students and communities.
Help architect the future of our Automated Safety Platform.
Work on modern, cloud-native, and serverless technologies.
Collaborate with a global, inclusive, and high-performing team.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonRubyReactAngularDjangoFlaskAWS LambdaDockerRESTful APIsSQL/NoSQL Databases

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationCollaborative MindsetMentoring

Certifications

BS/MS in Computer Science