Senior Software Development Engineer
Company websitebuspatrol.com (BusPatrol, opens in new tab)
Base salary $130K to $150K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Austin, TX
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- LocationAustin, TX
- WorkplaceHybrid
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (just now) · observed since
About this job
Senior Software Development Engineer
Location: Austin, TX
Travel: Less than 5%
Manages Others: No
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 SWE on the Ticketing team, 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
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 improvement.
Be a proactive voice in platform strategy, bringing innovative ideas and continuous learning to the team.
Contribute to our cloud-native infrastructure using AWS serverless technologies (e.g., Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, S3).
Preferred Qualifications
8+ years of software development experience; strong foundation in backend systems using Python (must-have) and Ruby (nice to have).
Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or VueJS.
3+ years of experience with backend web frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, Rails).
Hands-on experience with AWS services: Lambda, S3, SQS, API Gateway, CloudWatch.
Comfortable working in an agile, test-driven development environment with modern DevOps tooling.
Practical knowledge of RESTful APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases (MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB), GraphQL.
Design and implement event-driven services using technologies like AWS EventBridge, SNS/SQS, etc to enable decoupled, scalable communication between microservices
Experience designing and consuming gRPC APIs in production environments a plus
Proficient in containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with testing and linting tools (pytest, rspec, jest, Flake8, RuboCop).
Excellent communicator with a strong collaborative mindset and a passion for mentoring and peer reviews.
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Why Join Us
Be part of a mission-driven company making roads safer for students and communities.
Help architect the future of our Automated Safety Platform.
Work on modern, cloud-native, and serverless technologies.
Collaborate with a global, inclusive, and high-performing team.
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Pay in context
This role's base floor ($130,000) is above 34% of the 260 Software Engineering roles in Texas listed on this site; 1 other lists the same floor. Their median floor is $143,700; the middle half runs from $120,000 to $155,525.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingSenior Software Development Engineer$130K to $150K
Platform Security Engineer$130K to $150K
Vice President, Product$250K to $285K
Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy$290K to $320K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior Software Development Engineer (this listing) | $130K - $150K |
| Platform Security Engineer | $130K - $150K |
| Vice President, Product | $250K - $285K |
| Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy | $290K - $320K |
Observed changes
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- First observed on the employer's board
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-01
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: TX - Austin
USD 130,000 – 150,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary
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