RapidSOS · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$145K/yr - $165K/yr
5+ years expRapidSOS is an intelligent safety platform that harnesses artificial and human intelligence to provide life-saving data to public safety agencies. The Senior Software Engineer, Backend will design and develop backend services and APIs to ensure critical information reaches telecommunicators quickly and reliably, contributing to the mission of transforming emergency response technology.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Mobile AppsPublic Safety
Responsibilities
Drive the architecture, design, and implementation of new features for RapidSOS UNITE—a Python-based application that handles an average of 500,000 emergency calls daily
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
Collaborate in an agile environment with stakeholders across Engineering, GTM, Design, and Product to develop solutions for RapidSOS products
Actively participate in code reviews and standups, sharing knowledge, championing best practices, and contributing to the continuous improvement of team processes
Identify opportunities to assess and enhance current applications, including refactoring code and upgrading technologies used
Leverage modern AI development tools (i.e. Claude Code or similar) to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and raise the overall impact of the team
Own meaningful parts of our platform, have an impact, grow with the company
Qualification
Required
5+ years of professional backend engineering experience with deep expertise in Python
Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and delivering comprehensive end-to-end solutions in an AWS environment
Experience working with relational and non-relational databases and message bus systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS)
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
Preferred
Experience working with voice-to-text or speech processing features
Proficiency with real-time communication technologies such as WebSockets
Hands-on experience with message bus or event-driven systems (RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub, Kafka, etc.)
Experience working in an agile, iterative engineering environment
Benefits
Competitive salary and benefits and equity participation
Equity options
Company
RapidSOS
RapidSOS is an intelligent safety platform that connects devices, apps, and sensors for safety agents.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$455.73MKey Investors
Apax PartnersBlackRockNightDragon
2025-11-19Series D· $100M
2024-03-05Series C· $75M
2022-09-28Series C· $75M
Leadership Team
Michael Martin
CEO
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