vay
Senior Backend Engineer
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 4 days ago
PythonJavaGoC++Node.jsDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentAlgorithmsNoSQLPostgreSQLAWSCloud PlatformsTerraformCI/CDDevOpsPlatform EngineeringgRPCKafkaRabbitMQLogisticsEmbedded SystemsElectrical EngineeringLeadership
About the role
- Ever imagined saying, "I helped launch the future of transportation"?
- We're rewriting the rules of urban mobility.
- We're live in Las Vegas and scaling fast, powered by a strategic investment of up to $410 million from Grab.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to refine goals, define requirements, and actively contribute to sprint and quarterly planning.
Requirements
- Familiarity with technologies like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar event-driven messaging systems.
- Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and monitoring to ensure robust and maintainable deployments.
- Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), with an understanding of data modeling and optimization.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field, with a strong grasp of algorithms and data structures.
- Proficiency with C/C++ for performance-critical components.
Nice to have
- Industry Experience: Background in Mobility, Logistics, or similar domains.
- Mobile-First Products: Experience working on products with a strong mobile integration.
- Additional Tech Stack: Familiarity with Node.js, gRPC, AWS, Terraform, or NoSQL databases.
- Low-Level Programming: Proficiency with C/C++ for performance-critical components.
- 🌍 Huge scope for impact in a fast paced environment
- 🚗 All Vay team members receive 30% off their Vay rides
- 🛍️ Exclusive external discounts
- ✈️ Relocation financial assistance when relocating to Las Vegas
Skills
- Familiarity with Node.js, gRPC, AWS, Terraform, or NoSQL databases.
- Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, scalability, and reliability best practices.
Compensation
- 💰 ESOP stock options: A stake in Vay's future - not just a salary
Benefits
- 🌴 Flexible Paid Vacation Days
- 💼 $350 Home office budget
Company info
- First to roll out vehicles in both Europe and the USA on public roads without a human being inside & currently the 2nd largest commercial, driverless car fleet in the Western World.
- We've partnered with Kodiak to bring remote-driving technology to autonomous trucks in the US, showcasing our ability to integrate our system into heavy-duty commercial vehicles and expand the applications of our tech across the US.
- We've completed 10's of thousands of trips so far and are busy multiplying our Las Vegas fleet just to meet demand!
- At Vay, customers tap a button and a car arrives - with no one inside - powered by our world-first Remote Driving technology on real public streets.
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