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MetropolisMetropolisNew York, NY

Senior Software Engineer, Incentive Offers

Designs and implements backend services for incentive offers, including real-time streaming, compliance, decisioning, and attribution systems. Requires 6+ years experience with Scala/Java, distributed systems, and AWS; 4 days in-office in New York.

150k – 200k/yr
Hybrid6+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

What you'll do

  • Design and implement the backend services that power the Metropolis incentive and rewards infrastructure
  • Build real-time event streaming architectures to process and react to high-frequency signals from the physical world
  • Develop scalable compliance and preference management services to ensure cross-vertical message delivery integrity
  • Architect intelligent decisioning frameworks that evaluate user context and profiles to deliver personalized experiences
  • Create robust service architectures to manage product eligibility, partner configurations, and budget constraints
  • Implement comprehensive attribution and measurement systems to quantify user engagement and campaign efficacy
  • Scale and maintain multi-modal identity systems that bridge digital tokens with real-world identifiers
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Product, Marketing, and Data to define the long-term technical roadmap
  • Mentor team members and lead technical discussions to drive continuous improvement of the engineering platform
  • Drive the full software development lifecycle from initial conceptualization through to production deployment

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
  • Working knowledge of Scala, Java, or other JVM languages supporting functional programming
  • Experience building distributed systems using microservices, SOA, and event-driven architectures
  • Deep understanding of agile processes and the software development life cycle, including TDD/BDD and CI/CD
  • Experience with database technologies such as MySQL and RDS
  • Proven ability to design and build highly available and scalable systems
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for presenting complex technical information
  • Professional exposure to developing large-scale, high-quality systems for consumer-facing applications

While not required, these are a plus:

  • Hands-on experience with container technologies and infrastructure as code
  • Previous experience working in innovative, high-growth environments

Our Stack

Languages + Frameworks: TypeScript, React, Scala (principally), Java (limited) Datastores: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake Cloud: AWS Version control: Git & GitHub AI Tooling: Copilot on GitHub and Claude Code Observability: Datadog

Compensation: Anticipated base salary $150,000 - $200,000 USD annually, plus healthcare, 401(k), stock options, bonus plans.

Skills

ScalaJavaMySQLPostgresAWSMicroservicesEvent-Driven ArchitecturesCI/CDGitDatadogSnowflakeRdsKubernetesTypeScriptReact
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