Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Join Scout Motors, an iconic American vehicle brand, as a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead a team and drive the development of digital solutions for customers and business partners. Develop complex and large-scale technical efforts, act as a technical mentor, and lead a high-performing software engineering team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.
• 10+ 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 and Swift) and tools, 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
• Ability to internalize the best ideas from across the organization, humbly setting a vision that others are excited to get behind
• Experience integrating with 3rd party platforms and partnering with external service providers.
• 4+ years in leading high-performing software engineering teams.

Benefits

• Competitive insurance including: Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with: An employer match and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off including: 20 days planned PTO, as accrued, 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave