Lead Software Engineer
About the role
StreetLight Data , a mobility analytics solution provider was acquired by Jacobs in February 2022 – marking the company’s second strategic acquisition and building on its strong foundation of existing technology and #data capabilities.
StreetLight pioneered the use of Big Data to help transportation professionals and data analysts measure, analyze and improve transportation. Applying proprietary machine-learning algorithms to location data from mobile phones, vehicle navigation devices and IoT, StreetLight sheds light on travel patterns and makes them available on-demand via the world’s first SaaS platform for mobility, StreetLight InSight®. From measuring traffic volumes to optimizing new infrastructure to planning for autonomous vehicles, StreetLight powers more than 10,000 projects every month. StreetLight was acquired by Jacobs but continues to operate as an independent software organization.
StreetLight Data is seeking a high caliber Lead Applications Engineer to be part of our growing team. This team member will work on the back-end of StreetLight SaaS web applications (InSight Planning, InSight Operations) that our subscription customers use to explore and visualize travel patterns in the real world. This position reports to the Director of Engineering.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain customer-facing features, including both frontend and backend components, in the StreetLight SaaS web applications (InSight Planning and Insight Operations) and their analytics data pipeline
- Provide technical leadership and drive architectural decisions to ensure code quality, performance, and scalability.
- Strong backend development experience including proficiency with relational databases.
- Author and review technical designs, conduct thorough code reviews to uphold engineering excellence.
- Deliver product releases and fixes to production as needed
- Interface among our San Francisco, Vancouver, Bangalore, Krakow, other Eastern European teams, and mentor junior engineers
- Write automated unit tests and participate in peer design and code reviews
- Collaborate as needed with the other developers and QA engineers on the team, as well as with Product Management
- Productize analytics models from the Data Science and Data Engineering team
- Tune StreetLight InSight Planning and Streetlight Insight Operations for performance, scalability, and reliable operation to serve our growing customer base
- Assist Support and Operations in resolving production issues when needed, and improve the product to avoid them in the future
Here's what you'll need
- BS / MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, or an Engineering discipline from a top university
- 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer at a software product company, preferable in an enterprise market
- 5+ years of experience developing web-based SaaS applications
- Competence and experience in both frontend and backend web development
- Strong problem solving and solution design skills
- Proficiency in Python (Java, C++ or Ruby experience can substitute for Python in a candidate who is open to learning new technologies)
- Proficiency in SQL and working with relational databases
- Competence and experience in handling data pipelines including experience with data streaming technologies and batch processes
- Experience working in cloud-deployed platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud
- Product and customer orientation
- Good communication skills - both written and verbal
- Quick learner, and a strong team player
About StreetLight
StreetLight, a subsidiary of Jacobs, pioneered the use of Big Data analytics to shed light on how people, goods, and services move, empowering smarter, data-driven transportation decisions. We made it easy, affordable, and efficient for planners, modelers, and engineers to access real-world mobility data.
How? Our data science and engineering teams lead the market in applying proprietary machine-learning algorithms and data processing resources to measure travel patterns of vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians that enable complex transportation problem solving using analytics available on our mobility SaaS platform, StreetLight InSight®.
Acquired by Jacobs in February 2022, we continue to provide innovative digital solutions to help communities reduce congestion, improve safe and equitable transportation, and maximize the positive impact of infrastructure investment.
Lead Software Engineer
About the role
StreetLight Data , a mobility analytics solution provider was acquired by Jacobs in February 2022 – marking the company’s second strategic acquisition and building on its strong foundation of existing technology and #data capabilities.
StreetLight pioneered the use of Big Data to help transportation professionals and data analysts measure, analyze and improve transportation. Applying proprietary machine-learning algorithms to location data from mobile phones, vehicle navigation devices and IoT, StreetLight sheds light on travel patterns and makes them available on-demand via the world’s first SaaS platform for mobility, StreetLight InSight®. From measuring traffic volumes to optimizing new infrastructure to planning for autonomous vehicles, StreetLight powers more than 10,000 projects every month. StreetLight was acquired by Jacobs but continues to operate as an independent software organization.
StreetLight Data is seeking a high caliber Lead Applications Engineer to be part of our growing team. This team member will work on the back-end of StreetLight SaaS web applications (InSight Planning, InSight Operations) that our subscription customers use to explore and visualize travel patterns in the real world. This position reports to the Director of Engineering.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain customer-facing features, including both frontend and backend components, in the StreetLight SaaS web applications (InSight Planning and Insight Operations) and their analytics data pipeline
- Provide technical leadership and drive architectural decisions to ensure code quality, performance, and scalability.
- Strong backend development experience including proficiency with relational databases.
- Author and review technical designs, conduct thorough code reviews to uphold engineering excellence.
- Deliver product releases and fixes to production as needed
- Interface among our San Francisco, Vancouver, Bangalore, Krakow, other Eastern European teams, and mentor junior engineers
- Write automated unit tests and participate in peer design and code reviews
- Collaborate as needed with the other developers and QA engineers on the team, as well as with Product Management
- Productize analytics models from the Data Science and Data Engineering team
- Tune StreetLight InSight Planning and Streetlight Insight Operations for performance, scalability, and reliable operation to serve our growing customer base
- Assist Support and Operations in resolving production issues when needed, and improve the product to avoid them in the future
Here's what you'll need
- BS / MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, or an Engineering discipline from a top university
- 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer at a software product company, preferable in an enterprise market
- 5+ years of experience developing web-based SaaS applications
- Competence and experience in both frontend and backend web development
- Strong problem solving and solution design skills
- Proficiency in Python (Java, C++ or Ruby experience can substitute for Python in a candidate who is open to learning new technologies)
- Proficiency in SQL and working with relational databases
- Competence and experience in handling data pipelines including experience with data streaming technologies and batch processes
- Experience working in cloud-deployed platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud
- Product and customer orientation
- Good communication skills - both written and verbal
- Quick learner, and a strong team player
About StreetLight
StreetLight, a subsidiary of Jacobs, pioneered the use of Big Data analytics to shed light on how people, goods, and services move, empowering smarter, data-driven transportation decisions. We made it easy, affordable, and efficient for planners, modelers, and engineers to access real-world mobility data.
How? Our data science and engineering teams lead the market in applying proprietary machine-learning algorithms and data processing resources to measure travel patterns of vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians that enable complex transportation problem solving using analytics available on our mobility SaaS platform, StreetLight InSight®.
Acquired by Jacobs in February 2022, we continue to provide innovative digital solutions to help communities reduce congestion, improve safe and equitable transportation, and maximize the positive impact of infrastructure investment.