Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Title: Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Company: RapidSOS

Remote: Remote (US) — NYC or Boston hubs; in-person collaboration a few times per quarter

Pay: $145,000–$165,000 USD + equity

Summary: RapidSOS builds backend systems that help emergency call centers get accurate, real-time context from devices, apps, and sensors. You’ll work on UNITE (Python), designing APIs and data workflows that deliver critical information quickly and reliably at high volume. Expect ownership across architecture, testing, monitoring, performance/scalability, and fault tolerance—with an emphasis on unit, integration, and performance testing—plus close collaboration across product and go-to-market teams.

AI-native signal: The team encourages using modern AI development tools (e.g., Claude Code or similar) to speed delivery and improve code quality.

Stack: Python, AWS, REST APIs, SQL/NoSQL, Kafka/RabbitMQ/SQS

Full JD + Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/rapidsos/jobs/4991127007