Job Description

Why Lytx
As Staff Software Engineer, you will work with industry leading Lytx Safety Software, which manages massive amounts of video and data collected from over 700,000 vehicles worldwide and ensures the best possible outcomes by identifying behaviors and events that impact safety. Be responsible for building solutions that collect, organize, and present information for tracking the safety and efficiency of commercial transportation drivers and fleets. Lead projects, establish engineering best practices, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across Agile teams. Using Video Telematics, Machine Vision, and AI (Artificial Intelligence) to derive intelligent insights for all devices and vehicles on our network, you will help accelerate our software. Doesn’t that sound exciting?

What You Will Do

• Hire, mentor and develop purpose-driven engineers capable of rapidly delivering and learning.
• Build scalable solutions to manage events and real-time status of a million+ independent devices.
• Work directly with Product Management, IT, and Operations to define, test, and productize innovative solutions that enhance our position within our markets.
• Analyse and address complex technical challenges and issues that arise during the software development lifecycle. Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve technical problems efficiently.
• Work on new feature development and product enhancements based on customer feedback and industry trends. Continuously innovate and propose improvements to existing software solutions.
• Implement best practices for code quality, automated testing, and code reviews to ensure software reliability and performance. Write unit tests, integration tests, and perform code reviews to maintain lofty standards.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including design specifications, user guides, and best practice guidelines. Share knowledge and contribute to internal and external technical communities.
• Share your expertise and mentor engineers, helping them grow and develop their skills. Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You Need

• 6+ years of engineering experience
• 4+ years of engineering team management experience
• 4+ years of leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services experience
• Previous experience in a Cloud product company
• Strong knowledge of Source Code management techniques, preferably Git Flow.
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud development, with AWS certifications being a plus.
• Strong hands-on technical expertise and best practice knowledge.
• Proficiency in Node.js for backend development.
• Proficiency in Angular 2+/ReactJS for multi-platform UI development (preferred)
• Proficiency in MySQL, RDS or MongoDB/Atlas.
• Experience with Messaging systems - Kafka.
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and product to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.
• Ability to balance the long-term "big picture" and short-term implications of design decisions
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers

Nice To Have

• Experience with IoT systems and protocols, preferable MQTT and relevant infrastructure.
• Experience with NestJS framework, Stencil.js
• Proficiency with K8S or alternative container lifecycle management systems.