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Senior Software Engineer, Product Foundations

Metropolis · Los Angeles, California, United States

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
Metropolis's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
5% of Metropolis's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Metropolis
high
79 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
2026-10-22

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 Software Engineer on the Product Foundations team at Metropolis, you will architect and build the Metropolis Web Services platform, focusing on distributed systems and performance optimization. Your role involves designing core services, maintaining service mesh infrastructure, and creating developer tooling to enhance productivity. You will also make critical technical decisions, optimize systems for scalability, and mentor other engineers while collaborating across various technical teams.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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

  • 6+ years of backend software engineering experience with a focus on distributed systems and platform infrastructure
  • Expert-level proficiency in Java with a deep understanding of JVM performance and concurrency
  • Production experience with microservices architecture, Kubernetes, and AWS
  • Strong systems thinking with the ability to design and implement large-scale, high-availability distributed systems
  • Hands-on production experience with observability tools including metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting systems
  • Knowledge of database systems including relational databases, event streaming (Kafka, SQS), and caching strategies

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • Experience with Scala and security compliance expertise
  • Experience in high-growth environments with system scaling
  • Open source contributions or technical blog writing
  • Performance optimization experience with profiling and benchmarking

What you get

  • Base salary range of $150,000 to $200,000 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 limit remote work flexibility
  • Salary range is broad and dependent on various factors
  • Stack includes legacy technologies like Java, but also modern tools like TypeScript and React

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Listed by Metropolis on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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