Senior Engineer, Backend Platform
Ridezum · Hybrid Remote/ Redwood City, CA
Posted about 2 months ago · $190,000 - $260,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 72 days Ridezum's roles stay open a median of 71 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 55% of Ridezum's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Ridezum
- high 26 stale, 2 reposted of 33 open
- Hiring momentum
- 50 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-15
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Ridezum's own lever board since 2026-08-04. Full hiring picture for Ridezum.
About this role
As a Senior Product Engineer on the backend team at Zūm, you will own one or more backend platform verticals, building customer-facing product features and expanding platform capabilities. Your role involves developing microservices using technologies like Kubernetes and Kafka, ensuring high-quality and maintainable code, and improving system visibility with tools like Datadog. Collaboration with engineers and product managers is key, as well as contributing to good engineering practices.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- 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 Ridezum as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent degrees
- 5+ years of industry experience as a Software Engineer
- Experience in building enterprise software platforms
- Hands-on architecture design and coding skills
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases
- Excellence in one or more programming languages - Node.js, Java, Python
Nice to have
- Passionate about working for a mission-driven company
- Experience working in the transportation industry
- Strong experience with NodeJS and Typescript
What you get
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k)
- Holidays
- Wellness
Worth weighing
- Onsite requirement of 3 days a week in Redwood Shores, CA
- Candidates must be based in the Bay Area
- Salary range provided but actual salary may vary based on factors
- Role involves working with a modern tech stack including Kubernetes and Kafka
Summarised from Ridezum's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Ridezum on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-15. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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