Scout Motors
Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Digital Products)
$165K–$220K
Fremont, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in software engineering and scaling software products; 5+ years leading software engineering teams; technical lead experience on projects 6+ months in length.
- Education
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.
About the job
Leads a backend engineering team and remains hands-on designing, building, and operating scalable digital products and systems for customers and business partners.
What you'll do
- Lead engineers and deliver complex technical projects, roadmaps, and digital product systems.
- Design, code, deploy, and operate reliable backend architecture, integrations, and scalable software.
- Set engineering standards and operational practices; recruit, mentor, and develop the engineering team.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.
- 8+ years of software engineering and scaling software products, including technical leadership and direction.
- Experience with APIs, microservices, complex backend systems, CI/CD pipelines, and preventing system vulnerabilities.
- 5+ years leading software engineering teams; experience leading large, multi-team projects lasting 6+ months.
Nice to have
- Experience building data pipes and web/mobile analytics; experience in the auto industry.
- Full-stack development; focus on ecommerce, payments, digital products, and back-end platform development is preferred.
Pay
$165,000.00 - $200,000.00 USD base salary; $181,500 - $220,000 USD base salary
Tools
GoLang, Java, Kotlin, Swift, APIs, microservices, CI/CD
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