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Staff Software Engineer - Backend Development

Mercedes-Benz Group

$152,300 - $194,100
Oct 24, 2025
San Jose, CA, US
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MBRDNA is building OneAI Products on top of the OneAI platform, creating exciting opportunities in data and backend engineering that directly power the Mercedes-Benz cars of the future. As connected vehicles generate increasing volumes of high-value data, the way this data is processed, stored, and delivered becomes business-critical. This role focuses on leveraging the latest technologies to design and scale backend services that bring AI-driven products and services seamlessly into the customer experience.

Requirements

  • Distributed data systems, stream processing (Apache Flink, Spark Streaming).
  • Cloud-native architectures (Azure, AWS, GCP).
  • Containerized application development (Kubernetes, Docker).
  • API development (Go, Java/Spring Boot).
  • Advanced SQL/NoSQL data modeling and optimization.
  • Infrastructure as Code and modern CI/CD pipelines.
  • Security, compliance, and governance of production-grade systems.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the technical vision for large-scale backend systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security across millions of daily requests.
  • Set enterprise-level architectural patterns and guidelines, influencing backend design across multiple teams.
  • Make build-vs-buy and system evolution decisions with a long-term perspective on cost, maintainability, and innovation.
  • Drive design and implementation of high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines integrating vehicle and third-party content.
  • Own and evolve API ecosystems consumed by both internal platforms and external partners.
  • Champion observability, reliability, and performance, enforcing SLAs and leading root-cause analysis for critical issues.
  • Champion engineering excellence in coding, testing, CI/CD, and security practices.

Other

  • 10+ years professional backend engineering experience (or 8+ with Master’s, 6+ with PhD).
  • Proven record of leading design and delivery of large-scale, distributed backend systems in production.
  • Lead multi-team projects and deliver strategic impact.
  • Make high-judgment technical tradeoffs balancing innovation, scalability, and cost.
  • Influence at executive and global engineering leadership levels.