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Glydways · 2 days ago

Backend Software Engineer

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityMid Level
Glydways is reimagining public transit to create accessible and sustainable mobility solutions. The Backend Software Engineer will own and evolve the Ticketing & Ride Request system, ensuring reliability and performance while collaborating on backend infrastructure and API design.
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Responsibilities

Designing and maintaining the TRR backend — ride matching, station queueing, request lifecycle management, and fare calculation
Building and operating services on top of PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ in a Kubernetes environment
Improving system observability — tracing, metrics, alerting — so we catch problems before riders do
Collaborating on API design with our frontend, mobile, and operations teams
Participating in incident response and post-mortems; we run blameless retros and expect engineers to dig into root causes, not just restart pods
Contributing to capacity planning and load testing as we scale to new deployment sites

Qualification

Backend language proficiencyPostgreSQL expertiseRedis experienceKubernetes experienceMessage broker familiarityDistributed systems knowledgeDebugging instinctsEvent-driven architectureWorkflow orchestrationTransit domain background

Required

Deep fluency in at least one backend language (TypeScript/Node.js, Go, Python, or Java)
Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL (query optimization, indexing strategies, schema migrations)
Hands-on experience with Redis (caching patterns, pub/sub, rate limiting)
Familiarity with message broker patterns — RabbitMQ preferred, but Kafka or NATS experience translates well
Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals: consistency models, failure modes, backpressure, idempotency
Experience with Kubernetes in production — not just deploying, but debugging networking issues, resource contention, and pod lifecycle surprises
Strong debugging instincts: you're the kind of engineer who reaches for tcpdump or strace before restarting the service

Preferred

Experience with event-driven architectures or CQRS patterns
Familiarity with Temporal.io or similar workflow orchestration frameworks
Background in transit, logistics, or any domain where latency directly impacts a physical-world experience
Experience operating multi-tenant or multi-site deployments
You've written a runbook that actually saved someone at 2am

Company

Glydways

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Glydways designs and implements personal rapid transit systems using self-driving vehicles.
dateFounded in 2016
location
South San Francisco, California, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://www.glydways.com

H1B Sponsorship

Glydways has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (10)
2024 (5)
2023 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$212.54M
Key Investors
New Science Ventures
2025-09-29Series Unknown· $101.31M
2024-05-14Series B· $20M
2023-10-05Series B· $56M

Leadership Team

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Gokul Hemmady
CEO
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Chris Riley
Chief Commercial Officer
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Recent News

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Coming Soon to Newark Airport: Self-Driving Shuttle Buses
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Autonomous Transit Is Coming to South Metro Atlanta
2026-02-20
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