Senior Software Engineer

About the Company

At Hayden AI, we are on a mission to harness the power of computer vision to transform the way transit systems and other government agencies address real-world challenges. Our innovative mobile perception system empowers clients to accelerate transit, enhance street safety, and drive toward a sustainable future.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain robust backend services and modern frontend components for Portal
• Collaborate on system architecture and technical decisions across the stack
• Write clean, well-tested, and documented code
• Partner with Product Management, Design, and Operations to deliver features
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to mid-level and junior engineers
• Participate in code reviews, design sessions, and technical planning
• Contribute to observability, testing, and CI/CD pipelines
• Take ownership of production stability and performance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building modern web applications
• Strong proficiency in both frontend and backend development
• Expertise with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience with Python and/or Golang in production environments
• Solid understanding of relational databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and RESTful API design
• Experience with AWS (S3, EC2, RDS, Cognito, etc.)
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS), or containerized deployment pipelines
• Background in building data-intensive or geospatial web applications
• Prior experience building web applications for computer vision, video processing, or robotics domains