Staff Software Engineer, Backend – Digital Products

Scout Motors Inc.

full-time

Posted on: 9/14/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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💰 $160,000 - $192,000 per year

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About the role

Lead a team of highly skilled software engineers and drive development of digital solutions for customers and business partners (order management, customer management, marketing, production, inventory and planning optimization, loyalty, merchandise, servicing and repairs, mobile app, vehicle connectivity)
Work with engineering managers, senior engineers, and cross-functional partners to design technical underpinnings and ship interoperable products and systems
Be hands-on building key systems and be directly responsible for successful delivery of complex and large-scale technical efforts
Act as a technical mentor and leader for other engineers; recruit, manage, and develop the software engineering team
Partner with product and design to plan and prioritize systems and product requirements; make effective tradeoffs
Assess and recommend tools and technology decisions; influence build/buy/partner decisions
Develop technology and best practices to support scalable, functional, and reliable software products and integrations
Design, code, deploy, and operate technical architecture and systems; execute against short-term and long-term roadmaps
Identify, scope, and lead large technical projects, tame complexity, and shore up reliability of existing systems
Champion software engineering and operational excellence; establish and improve metrics and processes

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field
8+ years of experience in software engineering and scaling software products, providing technical leadership and direction for development, preferably with a focus on ecommerce, payments, digital products, and back-end platform development
Experience building comprehensive understanding of APIs, microservices, and other complex backend systems
Strong coding skills, navigating codebases with different languages (GoLang, Java, Kotlin, Swift) and tools; experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines supporting both web and mobile releases
Knowledge of potential system vulnerabilities and how to prevent them
Experience operating in start-up settings, launching 0 to 1 product, supporting early low-code tools, and driving graduation to highly customized applications
Experience as a technical lead for large projects (6+ months in length), including defining the roadmap for complex projects spanning multiple teams and functions
Experience integrating with 3rd party platforms and partnering with external service providers
3+ years in leading high-performing software engineering teams
Ability to internalize the best ideas from across the organization and set a compelling vision
Ability to attend in-person meetings 1 day per week and convene with colleagues in person; ability to travel to participate in events on behalf of the company