Senior Staff Software Engineer, Recognition Platform
Metropolis · Seattle, Washington, United States
Posted 16 days ago · $231,000 - $267,500
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 16 days Metropolis's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 5% of Metropolis's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Metropolis
- high 56 stale, 1 reposted of 80 open
- Hiring momentum
- 123 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Metropolis's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Metropolis.
About this role
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Recognition Platform at Metropolis, you will be the technical owner responsible for the architecture of the Metropolis Recognition Platform. Your role involves leading the development of high-volume edge-to-cloud pipelines, driving cross-functional alignment among various engineering teams, and ensuring production quality through defined SLOs and testing. You will also be tasked with designing decisioning systems that integrate real-time actions based on sensor data and managing the complexities of privacy and identity in regulated environments.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Metropolis as an employer.
What you need
- 12+ years of experience building and operating distributed, data-intensive production systems
- Proven track record of cross-functional technical leadership
- Expert proficiency in a JVM language such as Java or Scala
- Hands-on experience designing high-throughput ingestion pipelines
- Experience building rules, eligibility, or decisioning systems
- Strong systems judgment integrating third-party APIs, SDKs, and vendor constraints
Nice to have
- Experience with computer vision, biometric matching, or sensor-fusion systems
- Background operating in privacy- or biometric-regulated domains
- Experience with IoT, edge computing, fleet-scale device telemetry, or MQTT-class transports
- Expertise in identity resolution or customer data platforms
- Experience with hospitality, retail, or physical-operations software
What you get
- Base salary range of $231,000 - $267,500 USD annually
- Access to healthcare benefits
- 401(k) plan
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Lucrative stock option plan
Worth weighing
- 4 days in office requirement may not suit all candidates
- Stack includes some legacy technologies like Java
- Role involves navigating complex regulatory environments which may add to workload
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Listed by Metropolis on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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