About Obvio AI
Each year, more than 40,000 people in the U.S. leave home and never make it back due to traffic crashes. At Obvio, we believe these deaths are preventable. We deploy solar-powered, AI-assisted cameras to enforce traffic laws where pedestrians are most vulnerable, automating enforcement in ways that traditional systems cannot. Our approach has already led to a 50% reduction in reckless driving in early partner cities.
Founded by the team behind Motive's AI dashcam and backed by Bain Capital Ventures and Khosla Ventures, we are building the intelligence layer for safer streets globally.
About the Role
We're hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Ticketing & Payments team in San Carlos, CA. This is a hands-on, individual-contributor role for someone who wants to make an impact on how traffic enforcement officers engage with our platform. You will play a key role in building observable and scalable systems without compromising security and reliability of the services we enable.



This team collaborates with many cross functional teams - from Infrastructure to Product to Support - to deliver solutions that address evolving user needs.
What You'll Do
- Scope, design, build and maintain APIs that are secure, scalable, and enterprise-ready
- Improve tenancy and isolation boundaries across our violations, citations and payments systems, with a clear point of view on where and why systems should be separated
- Partner closely with product management to turn business needs into pragmatic, well-scoped technical solutions
- Make real engineering trade-offs - build vs. buy, flexibility vs. simplicity and clearly communicate the reasoning behind them
- Operate what you build: respond to incidents, and drive toward root cause rather than just mitigation
- Model strong technical judgment and decision-making. Mentor and coach engineers to reason through trade-offs and write decisions down.
- Set and hold a high technical bar, methodically raising the quality of des

📌 Senior Backend Engineer (San Carlos)
🏢 Obvio
📍 San Carlos