# Senior Product Engineer, Backend at Zum

- Company: Zum
- What the company does: Zum CMX serves 5,000+ schools with 98% on-time performance. Managed student transportation, AI routing, and real-time tracking for districts. Backed by Sequoia and SoftBank VF.
- Company website: https://ridezum.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Hybrid Remote/ Redwood City, CA
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $190K to $260K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-10-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/ridezum/d458798c-7ab9-4979-bd5c-f791787e11d4
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zum-senior-product-engineer-backend/

## About the role

The targeted base salary range for this role is listed in the compensation section below. Actual salary may be above or below this range based on factors such as location, skills, and relevant experience. In addition, this position may include additional compensation in the form of equity or commissions. If you are a full-time salaried or hourly worker, we offer the following benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Holidays, Wellness, Vacation, and more.

## What they're looking for

- You care about shipping features that customers actually feel, and you measure your work by the business outcomes it drives
- You want to build customer-facing product functionality on top of Zūm's platform, moving fast without cutting corners
- You're self-driven, enjoy solving ambiguous product problems, and default to the simplest solution that meets the need
- You partner easily with Product and Design, and you take full ownership of what you ship, from spec to production
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of industry experience as a Software Engineer, ideally with experience building product features on top of a shared backend platform

Tags: Engineering