Metropolis
Senior Software Engineer, Platform
$170K–$200K
Los Angeles, California, United States +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Seattle, Washington, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of backend development experience, preferably within platform or core services.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Designs, builds, and maintains scalable backend platform services that connect hardware, machine learning, and real-time data systems.
What you'll do
- Build backend services and gRPC APIs for reliable, high-performance service communication.
- Deploy and operate microservices on Kubernetes and build Kafka-based real-time data pipelines.
- Collaborate across Hardware, Machine Learning, and Operations teams; improve system performance, reliability, and data integrity.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience building backend services, gRPC APIs, and designing or optimizing databases using Redis and MySQL.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and hands-on experience with Kafka.
- Proficiency in industry-standard programming languages, preferably Java and Scala.
Nice to have
- Exposure to frontend integration with frameworks like Next.js.
Pay
$170,000.00 USD to 200,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Java, Scala, gRPC, Protobuf, Redis, MySQL, PostgreSQL
AI focus
Works with advanced machine learning to interpret real-world object behavior; the role integrates hardware with machine-learning systems.
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