Lead Applications Engineer

Job Description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

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
- 10+ 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

AtJacobs we value people. Having the right balance of belonging, career and lifestyle enables us to consistently deliver and exceed clients expectations.

Working alongside industry leaders, you will have the opportunity to develop your career working on key projects in an environment which encourages collaboration, knowledge sharing and innovation. To support your professional growth, Jacobs flexible working arrangements, extended leave options and a host of social, health and wellbeing events and initiatives will underpin our commitment to you.

At Jacobs it's all about what you do, not where you are, which counts

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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