Senior Software Engineer (IoT)

Bird launched micromobility. Now we’re shaping its future.

We’re Bird, and we’re on a mission to transform the way the world moves one ride at a time. Our products, services, and people share one common goal: to make cities more livable by empowering people and communities everywhere to move freely, discover new possibilities, and create a cleaner, more connected future. To cleaner air. To calmer streets. To cities built for people.

Who We Are

Bird is a global leader in micromobility, dedicated to shaping the future of urban movement. Our cleaner, affordable, and on-demand mobility solutions are available in over 200 cities worldwide.

We take a collaborative, community-first approach to micromobility. Bird partners closely with the cities in which it operates, leveraging our experience and safety-first technology to help them meet their shared mobility and climate goals and provide a reliable, affordable, and responsible transportation option for people who live and work there.

Our award-winning electric vehicles have empowered more than eighty-seven million rides in cities around the world and helped riders take carbon-free trips in more than 200 cities globally. And our teams are constantly pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo in pursuit of a brighter future.

Job Summary

The Senior Software Engineer plays a pivotal role in designing, building, and optimizing high-quality software solutions. This position exists to provide technical expertise and ownership of complex features, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability. The engineer is expected to tackle challenging technical problems, write clean and efficient code, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. By mentoring junior engineers and adhering to best practices, this role contributes to the team's success and the overall delivery of Bird's product roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize backend and infrastructure solutions to support business growth. Deliver at least one major feature or system enhancement per quarter that improves performance, scalability, or maintainability.
• Work with product, data, vehicle and infrastructure teams to design and implement solutions that align with business needs. Provide actionable recommendations and technical feasibility assessments within agreed timelines.
• Monitor and improve system health, proactively addressing performance bottlenecks and outages. Reduce system downtime by at least 5% annually through incident resolution and preventative measures.
• Provide code reviews, technical guidance, and mentorship to junior engineers. Conduct at least one structured knowledge-sharing session per quarter and set individual development goals for mentees.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, automate deployments, and implement best practices to increase engineering efficiency. Reduce manual operational workload by at least 10% per year through automation.
• Collaborate with the team to propose at least two technical initiatives per year that align with the team's roadmap.
• Tackle high-impact engineering challenges, conduct post-mortems, and implement long-term fixes. Reduce repeat incidents by 10% annually through improved monitoring, alerting, and root cause analysis.
• Champion engineering culture: Act as a role model for technical excellence, collaboration, and innovation. Lead at least one technical discussion, hackathon, or knowledge-sharing event per quarter to strengthen team engagement.

Must Haves

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in STEM with 5+ years of professional, relevant experience
• Strong proficiency in Golang, with hands-on experience with IoT devices, real-time data pipelines, and communication protocols.
• Experience with JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala) for building scalable backend services.
• Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, Kafka, Kubernetes, and AWS for cloud-based architectures.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and debugging using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Proven track record in observability tools (Datadog, Grafana) for system monitoring and debugging.
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotations for production system support and critical incident resolution.
• Proven ability to reduce system failures through proactive monitoring, alerting, and post-mortem analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to advocate for technical solutions and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Experience documenting best practices and technical designs to enhance team knowledge-sharing.
• Expertise in debugging and opt