Sr. Software Engineer

Location: Boston,Massachusetts,United States

About Us:

Zeitview is the leading intelligent aerial imaging company for high-value infrastructure, providing businesses with actionable, real-time insights to recover revenue, reduce risk and improve build quality. We serve customers in the solar, wind, insurance, construction, real estate, and critical infrastructure industries. Trusted by the largest enterprises in the world, Zeitview is active in over 70 countries. Our mission is to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure through advanced inspection solutions. Take a look at our latest achievements here!

About the Role:

As the Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and building core features of Zeitview’s Insights platform that power all of our verticals across the common, unified technology stack. In this role, you will develop and scale backend services, APIs, and data workflows; optimize performance of shared components; and collaborate with product and AI teams to deliver an AI-first platform that enables seamless insights for customers across wind, solar, telecom, utilities, and property assets.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Java and Spring.
• Build scalable, reliable, and secure systems on AWS leveraging cloud-native services.
• Optimize and maintain PostgreSQL databases, including schema design and query tuning.
• Actively use AI coding assistants (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, etc.) to accelerate development, improve code quality, and explore new approaches.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following engineering best practices.
• Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of learning and experimentation.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, and Ops teams to deliver high-impact features.
• Continuously improve system performance, observability, and developer productivity.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional software development experience, with strong expertise in Java and Spring.
• Deep experience with AWS (e.g., EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, API Gateway) and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong proficiency in PostgreSQL (schema design, indexing, optimization).
• Proven ability to build and scale RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Understands event driven architecture (ActiveMQ or similar).
• Experience with NoSQL production databases (Elasticsearch or similar)
• Daily practitioner of AI-first development — comfortable leveraging tools like Copilot, Claude, Codex, or Cursor as part of your workflow.
• Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, design patterns).
• Strong testing mindset (unit, integration, automation).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern DevOps practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, technical judgment, and communication abilities.

Day-to-Day Tools/Technical Environment:

The selected individual is expected to operate in a fast-paced Agile environment, working across a modern and diverse tech stack. Below is a list of tools, technologies, and platforms that define the day-to-day workflow.

• IDEs: IntelliJ, Visual Studio Code
• Version Control: GitHub
• AI-Dev: Copilot, Cursor, Claude, Codex
• Cloud Infra: AWS S3, AWS Lambda, Terraform
• Databases: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch
• Schema Management: Flyway
• Observability: Sentry, Kibana
• Project & Knowledge Management: JIRA, Confluence
• Messaging: ActiveMQ, Kafka
• Geospatia: GDAL, PostGIS, Vector tile servers
• APIs: GraphQL
• Auth: Auth0

What’s Included:

• Feel great about your work as you join a leading mission-driven intelligent aerial imaging company - our goal is to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure, and you personally will play a larg