Principal Software Engineer, Metropolis
$245-290k
Salary dependant on location
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Autonomous commerce platform for urban mobility
Open for applications
Autonomous commerce platform for urban mobility
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$245-290k
Salary dependant on location
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To disrupt traditional city infrastructure to empower the future of urban mobility.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have a product-oriented mindset exuding extreme curiosity to explore customer experiences, obsessively finding opportunities for our customers to make technology experience frictionless
- If you are energized by the mission to empower our customers to harness time through remarkable mobility products, this role is for you
- 14+ years of experience building customer centric applications and products
- Experience initiating and driving technical strategy
- Proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems and software products in high volume consumer facing applications
- Extremely strong fundamental computer science skills and expert level knowledge of Scala or Java or related language
- Strong experience with data-intensive architectures
- Deep understanding of tradeoffs involved in release engineering and other processes
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
- Track record of successful cross-functional collaboration while building customer solutions in B2C and B2B settings
- Preferred local to New York City or Los Angeles area. Remote for the right candidate
Desirable
- Advanced degree in a technical field such as computer science
- Previous experience working inside innovative, high-growth environments
- Experience creating structure within an environment with high levels of ambiguity
- Experience with leading the development of industry altering infrastructure
- Experience with leveraging AI technology to streamline engineering activities
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead our Customer Experience application development group through the next step function growth phase
- As an engineering leader, you will be driving the future of Metropolis products forward, shaping vision and technical strategy that enables us to build top notch customer experiences
- This individual will provide immense technical thought leadership and will shape a strong engineering-led culture
- This leader will play a critical role in the company's success by ensuring that advancing the tech is aligned with customer needs and contributes to the company's overall growth and profitability
- This is a unique opportunity to build an end-to-end mobility platform, that supports high throughput locations, aviation, fleet management and other use cases impacting the everyday experience of millions of people
- Provide technical direction that influences the entire company by formulating and implementing technical vision and strategy
- Establish the technologies and best practices needed to achieve operational excellence in system reliability while enabling rapid experimentation and data-informed decisions
- Through technology, enable step function improvements in developer experience and velocity
- Be a great coach to bring the best out of our engineers and a key driver of hiring top talent
- Empower collaborative environment where best product and technical ideas are nurtured and come to life
- Influence the industry by creating competitive advantages for our customers through their use of our global platform
Our take
Driven by computer vision and AI technology, Metropolis offers a seamless parking and checkout experience by turning cars into wallets. This eliminates the need for physical tickets and pay machines, allowing property owners to maximise the financial performance of their parking assets and offer a modern service to customers.
Metropolis aims to revolutionise parking by integrating future mobility solutions, such as autonomous vehicle deployment, charging stations, and eVTOL infrastructure. Its approach includes dynamic pricing to optimise revenue during demand surges.
Co-founded by Alex Israel, a former ParkMe founder, the company has expanded rapidly following a $167M Series B fundraise and partnerships with Premier Parking and Uber. The company's recent acquisition of SP Plus Corporation, funded by a $1.8 billion investment, positions it as a leader in AI-driven mobility solutions. As a pioneer in its category, Metropolis continues to push the boundaries of parking and mobility technology.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2023
$1.1bn
SERIES C
Jun 2022
$167m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- Equity options - We offer ownership opportunities through stock options
- Wellness benefits - A wellness program designed to support a variety of needs
- Health insurance - We subsidise high-quality health insurance coverage for full-time and hourly employees
- We subsidize high-quality health insurance coverage for full-time and hourly employees
- 401(k) match - Plan for your future with a 4% company match
- Parental leave - Receive support prior to, during leave, and as you transition back to work
- Time off - Unlimited PTO for salaried employees, and a generous PTO package for our hourly employees
- Paid holidays - We observe major holidays with company-wide closures, and double hourly rates for those who work
- Hybrid environment - Magic happens face to face, but we support a flexible working model
Company values
- We are innovators - Revolutionising an industry is not for the timid. We challenge the status quo and build remarkable products and services for the real world. We have the conviction to disrupt and drive innovation. We move fast and know that excellence is only achieved through agility and iteration
- We are owners - Progress is not inevitable; it must be forged by vision, determination, and a bias for action. We take ownership because there is no other room. We own our actions – we do what we say, we say what we do, and strive to be worthy of compliment in all things, big and small
- We are leaders - We are a product-led technology company – leading while others follow. We work in different cities and in different roles but we are all on one team. We value our diversity and challenge each other out of principle and with respect. We demand excellence in ourselves and of one another. We are building the future together and we’re just getting started
Company HQ
Downtown, Santa Monica, CA
Articles
Leadership
Alexander Israel
(CEO)Former Vice President & General Manager at INRIX. Co-founder and former COO at ParkMe. BA in Business & Economics at University of Puget Sound.
Travis Kell
(CFO)Former Senior Vice President at Winton Group. Previously Director of Hedge Fund Solutions at BlackRock. BA in Business at University of Puget Sound.
Courtney Fukuda
(Chief of Staff)Formerly hedge fund solutions group at BlackRock. Managed senior relationships with sovereign wealth fund, central banks and other major institutional investors. BA in Economics at Yale University.
Peter Fisher
(CCO)Formerly growth equity Investor at Transamerica Investment Management, BA in Political Science at Boston College.
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