Software Engineer II

Software Engineer II Department: Engineering Team: Backend Location: Sunnyvale, United States Type: Full-Time **About the Role** Are you passionate about building platforms and product experiences that enable millions of people around the world to thrive? Join the Earner Engineering organization, where we build user-facing experiences and the foundational systems that power the earner journey from the moment someone signs up to their 10,000th trip. Our mission is to build trust, ensure safety, and drive efficient growth. You will develop a compassionate understanding of earners' needs alongside an analytical mindset to navigate complex marketplace and pricing dynamics. By joining one of our highly cross-functional teams, you will solve high-stakes problems at the intersection of user experience, regulatory compliance, machine learning, and global scale. ## **What You Will Do** - **Design & Scale:** Own the design, development, and operation of backend services (primarily **Golang and Java**) that support millions of users globally. - **Technical Leadership:** Transform high-level business problems into elegant, maintainable, and well-documented technical solutions. - **Cross-Functional Collaboration:** Partner with Data Science, Design, and Product to ship features, evaluate impact using data, and iterate based on results. - **System Integrity:** Drive ongoing efficiency, reliability, and monitoring (alerting/on-call) to ensure our products remain "always-on." - **Mentorship:** Lead and mentor fellow engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and engineering excellence. ## **Basic Qualifications** - **Experience:** 2+ years of professional backend software engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale. - **Technical Stack:** Proficiency in at least one general-purpose language (e.g., **Go, Java, C++, Python, or C#**). - **Systems Design:** Hands-on experience with large-scale distributed systems, high-throughput/low-latency architectures, and service-to-service communication. - **Ownership:** A strong sense of engineering owne