Senior Software Development Engineer

About this role

Senior Software Development Engineer

Overview

At BusPatrol, we’re transforming student transportation safety through cutting-edge technology and real-time automated enforcement. We're seeking a Full Stack Developer to be at the forefront of our engineering evolution—from a legacy monolith to a modern, microservices-based Automated Safety Platform.

As a Full Stack Developer, you won’t just write code—you’ll be a key driver in re-architecting our platform for scale, performance, and future innovation. You'll collaborate across geographies with engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver resilient, secure, and customer-focused experiences.

This is more than a development role—it’s an opportunity to lead modernization efforts, influence technical direction, and bring meaningful safety improvements to millions of children and families.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply **AI-driven development** practices (e.g., **Claude Code**) and **spec-driven workflows** (e.g., **OpenSpec**) to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality through clear requirements, automated tests, and strong review discipline.
• **Lead engineering efforts** to decompose our monolithic applications into scalable, modular microservices.
• Design, develop, and maintain clean, efficient, and well-tested code in both backend (Python, Ruby) and frontend (React/Angular) stacks.
• Build and evolve **secure, high-performance APIs** supporting real-time data pipelines and customer-facing applications.
• Partner with cross-functional teams including Product, QA, DevOps, and Data Engineering to build end-to-end solutions that meet business goals.
• Contribute to architectural decisions that improve performance, observability, security, maintainability and scalability/reusability.
• Champion **engineering best practices** including CI/CD, TDD, pair programming, and code reviews.
• Take ownership of projects from ideation through deployment, with a bias for execution and iterative impr...