RapidSOS - Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Requirements
• 5+ years of professional backend experience with deep expertise in Python • Strong experience building distributed, asynchronous, event-driven systems that support high-volume workloads using message bus technologies such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS, etc. • Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and delivering comprehensive end-to-end solutions in an AWS environment • Experience working with relational and non-relational databases • Ideally has experience building AI-driven features or using AI tools to enhance acceleration of development, and is proactive about leveraging emerging technologies • Strong communication and interpersonal skills; is a team player with a positive attitude • Highly self-motivated; ability to adapt and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment with a strong sense of ownership • Strong proficiency in coding best practices – ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code • Customer-centric mindset; cares deeply about delivering solutions that enable and delight customers while meeting product goals • Demonstrated expertise in problem solving – from troubleshooting issues to debugging a large codebase • Ability and willingness to collaborate in-person a few times per quarter, or as needed • Nice-to-have experience (but not required!): • Experience with telephony / VoIP / SIP • Experience with websockets
Responsibilities
• Drive the architecture, design, and implementation of new features, leveraging Python • Lead strategic architectural decisions, help drive alignment, and optimize applications for performance, scalability, and accessibility • Use best-in-class software development practices (unit tests, integration tests, performance tests, monitoring, detailed functional specification and test plans) to ensure RapidSOS' products remain highly reliable and fault tolerant • Identify opportunities to assess and enhance current applications, including refactoring code and upgrading technologies used • Collaborate in an agile environment with stakeholders across Engineering, Design, GTM, and Product to develop solutions for RapidSOS products • Leverage modern AI development tools (Claude Code, Cursor or similar) to accelerate delivery and improve code quality • Actively participate in code reviews and standups, sharing knowledge, championing best practices, and contributing to the continuous improvement of team processes • Own meaningful parts of our platform, have an impact, grow with the company
Benefits
• The chance to work with a passionate team on solving one of the largest challenges globally • Competitive salary and benefits and equity participation • A dynamic, flexible and fun start-up work environment with a highly talented team • If you're curious to learn more about RapidSOS, you can check out https://rapidsos.com/blog/ • If you're curious to learn more about RapidSOS, you can check out • https://rapidsos.com/blog/ • Starting pay for a successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include experience, relevant skills, training, education, location, business needs, or market demands. The salary range for this role is $155,000 - $185,000. This role will also be eligible to receive equity options. #LI-Remote • RapidSOS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. • Interested in the role but you don’t meet 100% of the requirements? We’d love to hear from you! We encourage you to apply; we’d be excited to see if your unique skill set and experience could be a match.
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