About the Position:

We’re looking for an incredibly talented software engineer with experience designing and building backend system architecture that involves a lot of data. You would dive right into our fast-paced, multi-faceted engineering team and play a vital role in our core systems that require scale.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain software
• Design, plan, and execute system architecture enhancements
• Contribute to individual and team projects by managing priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
• Train and mentor other team members on design techniques, process, and coding standards
• Prepare and lead architecture discussions and code reviews
• Problem solve with a team of developers and various stakeholders such as product management and leadership.

Qualifications:

• You are highly self-motivated, resourceful, and enjoy working alongside a motivated team
• You love learning new things fast and staying up on technology
• You are exceptionally thoughtful and knowledgeable with regards to how systems scale with increasing usage and data
• You have 5+ years of work experience on software development deployed cloud-based systems
• You have experience with general purpose software programming languages (e.g. Python, Java, Javascript, etc.)
• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience building architecture on AWS
• Experience designing and building data pipelines at scale using distributed architectures
• Experience developing infrastructure and tooling to support a data-centric company
• Familiarity with machine learning and image processing workflows
• Strong understanding of geospatial data and experience with geospatial information systems (GIS)
• Track record of simplifying complexity and achieving success with ambiguous problems in a constantly changing and improving codebase

All Raptor Maps Team Members

• Have complete ownership and accountability over their role and success in the team
• Have transparency into the operations of the rest of the company and are expected to be transparent and communicate honestly and effectively
• Have a sense of urgency. We are tackling a global problem, working in a fast-paced industry, and building a once in a lifetime company at Raptor Maps.

Location:

• Work remote, work in a Boston-based office, or take a hybrid approach