Senior Backend Engineer NEW

Job title: Senior Backend Engineer

Company: Jerry.ai

Job description: Why us?Jerry.ai is a fast-growing, pre-IPO startup on a mission to revolutionize the $2T car ownership industry in the U.S. With $240M in funding, 60X revenue growth in 5 years, and an ambitious plan to become a $10B company, we’re looking for driven individuals to help scale our product.2024 was a milestone year for Jerry.ai. We delivered nearly 50% year-over-year revenue growth while reaching for the first time in our history.Join a talented team with leaders from NVIDIA, Robinhood, Amazon, Meta, ByteDance, Square, and more, and build one of the most exciting startups in the industry.And we’re just getting started! Our growth is driven by forward-thinking technology; covered the success of our chatbot less than a year after its launch and Jerry.ai is getting mentioned in many conversations about our use of GenAI, such as this . About the opportunityWe are seeking a purpose-driven Senior Backend Engineer to work on a critical, stealth project on our DriveShield team to enhance driver safety and make a real-world impact on the lives of millions.You will play a key role in building scalable and high-performance backend systems that power Jerry.ai’s explosive growth. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the team that that helps us go from 5M to 50M customers and disrupt a $2T market while driving innovation at scale. How you will make an impactFocus more on the non-functional requirements of backend applications, including service availability, scalability, reliability (fault tolerance), and possibly observability and securityOversee system design and architecture to ensure robust and scalable solutionsDevelop and optimize real-time data processing applications using Kafka and FlinkProfile and optimize application performanceFocus on the application side, collaborating with data scientists to deploy and integrate models in productionHandle data processing, sanitization, validation, and data QA Requirements5+ years of software engineering experienceProficient in at least one core language (e.g., Java, Python, Go, JavaScript)Expertise in Kafka Streams, Flink or similar real-time data processing frameworksExperience building real-time data processing applicationsYou are known for shipping products and features lightning-fastStartup experience at a high-growth company (nice to have)Bonus if you have previous knowledge of working with geospatial dataOur tech stackJava and sometimes PythonStream processing: Kafka and FlinkHosting infra: AWSWhile we appreciate your interest and application, only applicants under consideration will be contacted.Jerry.ai is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, reproductive health decisions or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other characteristics protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.Jerry.ai is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us atAbout Jerry.ai:Jerry.ai is America’s first and only super app to radically simplify car ownership. We are redefining how people manage owning a car, one of their most expensive and time-consuming assets.Backed by artificial intelligence and machine learning, Jerry.ai simplifies and automates owning and maintaining a car while providing personalized services for all car owners’ needs. We spend every day innovating and improving our AI-powered app to provide the best possible experience for our customers. From car insurance and financing to maintenance and safety, Jerry.ai does it all.We are the #1 rated and most downloaded app in our category with a 4.7 star rating in the App Store. We have more than 5 million customers — and we’re just getting started.Jerry.ai was founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneurs and has raised more than $240 million in financing.Join our team and work with passionate, curious and egoless people who love solving real-world problems. Help us build a revolutionary product that’s disrupting a massive market.

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Location: Ontario

Job date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 02:18:38 GMT

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