As a Backend Engineer, you will contribute to and own the design and development of the best-in-class Cloud Native applications that are the backbone of our Driver Experience.

What you’ll do:

• Participate in the design, development, deployment, and operation of our microservices, APIs, and other applications used by various new and existing mobile and web applications
• Build web portals and integration services using modern technology platforms and frameworks such as Node, Kubernetes, Serverless Functions, and Typescript
• Play an active role in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of architecture, design patterns, platforms, and tools
• Collaborate with other team members across engineering, product, customer support, operations, and others
• Become part of a team that values culture, camaraderie and inclusion at all levels

What you bring to the table:

• 3-4 years of software development experience or relevant transferable skills
• Experience in modern development technologies used to design, deliver, debug, and maintain back-end software systems
• 1-2 years of experience writing backend JavaScript applications using Node and Express (or similar technologies)
• Experience with APIs and microservice patterns using Kubernetes a plus
• Experience with modern relational and non-relational database platforms
• Experience with Git
• Excellent communication skills, a positive attitude, and self-motivation
• Ability to operate in an agile, entrepreneurial start-up environment
• Experience with Firestore and Istio a plus, as well as operations research and optimization