Senior Backend Engineer - Real-time IoT

Jerry

full-time

Posted on: 8/20/2025

Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Senior

AWSGoJavaJavaScriptKafkaPython

About the role

We are seeking a purpose-driven Senior Backend Engineer to work on a critical, stealth project on our DriveShield team to enhance driver safety and make a real-world impact on the lives of millions.
You will play a key role in building scalable and high-performance backend systems that power Jerry.ai’s explosive growth.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the team that helps us go from 5M to 50M customers and disrupt a $2T market while driving innovation at scale.
Focus on non-functional requirements: availability, scalability, reliability, observability, and security
Oversee system design and architecture to ensure robust and scalable solutions
Develop and optimize real-time data 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
Our tech stack includes Java, Python; Stream processing: Kafka, Flink; Hosting infra: AWS

5+ years of software engineering experience
Proficient in at least one core language (e.g., Java, Python, Go, JavaScript)
Expertise in Kafka Streams, Flink or similar real-time data processing frameworks
Experience building real-time data processing applications
You are known for shipping products and features lightning-fast
Startup experience at a high-growth company (nice to have)
Bonus if you have previous knowledge of working with geospatial data