Senior Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Join Wing, a Google company, as a Senior Backend Software Engineer on the Commerce Engineering team! Based in Palo Alto, CA or remotely in the US, you'll build APIs and tools enabling Wing's drone delivery services for businesses. You'll design and build scalable, reliable systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to a supportive team culture. This role requires 8+ years of backend software development experience, a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, and excellent communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary, bonus, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing and developing backend software
• A Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Excellent written and verbal skills and experience working in a collaborative team
• Ability to identify challenging problems and potential solutions with limited guidance, launch and successfully land the solution without any complications
• Experience developing backend systems involving database schema design, and synchronous/asynchronous systems
• Experience developing in C++, or ability to quickly pick up C++ with experience in similar languages like Java, or C#

Responsibilities

• Set solution and/or architectural strategy for yourself or a limited number of peers, cutting through ambiguity, and pre-empt complicating factors ahead of time
• Design and build solutions that utilize asynchronous pipelines, database systems, RPC handlers in collaboration with frontend engineers and other backend engineers, in a privacy and security conscious ecosystem
• Investigate and build software in areas with limited expertise and make an immediate impact
• Collaborate cross functionally with business partners, product managers, and program managers to design, implement and quickly launch new features for partners and end consumers, on time
• Mitigate, root cause and resolve urgent, time sensitive issues, in both familiar and unfamiliar software, as part of an on-call rotation, or other escalations
• Contribute to a team culture of support, engagement and quality, ensuring Wing can scale as a business

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits