Full-Time

Software Engineer

Backend

Updated on 7/9/2025

Hayden AI

Hayden AI

51-200 employees

Autonomous traffic management platform using AI

Compensation Overview

$150k - $176k/yr

Mid, Senior

San Francisco, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Python
SQL
AWS
Go
Development Operations (DevOps)
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Vision, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 3-5+ years of industry experience.
  • Deep knowledge of Amazon’s AWS ecosystem at scale, including but not limited to EKS, S3, SQS, RDS, Cognito, Lambda, etc.
  • Professional experience with Golang or Python, with a strong preference for Golang.
  • Experience working with relational, time series, and document databases, including knowledge of SQL.
  • Proven problem-solving skills; ability to take ownership of issues and driving towards resolution effectively.
  • Knowledge of best practices in designing, using, and testing web services and APIs.
  • Being comfortable in an agile, fast-paced environment; ability to organize chaos and leave things cleaner than you found them.
Responsibilities
  • Define, build, and operate the next generation of the backbone for our services architecture that is in use by all cloud services and all software engineers.
  • Build and operate our CI/CD system for physical devices and cloud services.
  • Use infrastructure as code to operate multi-region AWS deployment at scale.
  • Practice and enforce best DevOPS, SRE, and Security practices across the whole engineering team.
  • Work cross-functionally to gather requirements, build consensus on approaches, and develop appropriate technical solutions.
  • Model best practices in the team, and raise the bar on incident prevention, response, and remediation.

Hayden AI has created an autonomous traffic management platform that improves urban mobility by using artificial intelligence to turn vehicles into mobile street sensors. These sensors collect real-time data to create a digital twin of the city, which helps transit agencies manage traffic flow and enforce bus lanes more effectively. This approach enhances rider safety, boosts on-time performance, and reduces costs for public transportation. The company's goal is to make cities safer and more efficient through its patented technology.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$193.2M

Headquarters

Oakland, California

Founded

2019

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Raised $90 million in Series C funding led by TPG's The Rise Fund.
  • Won Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility Competition, securing €100,000 for technology deployment.
  • Growing interest in digital twin technology for urban planning boosts market potential.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from companies like Verra Mobility may affect market share.
  • Reliance on city government partnerships exposes projects to political and bureaucratic delays.
  • Rapid AI advancements could render current solutions obsolete without continuous innovation.

What makes Hayden AI unique

  • First autonomous traffic management platform for urban mobility safety and sustainability.
  • Patented technology converts vehicles into mobile street sensors for real-time data collection.
  • Strategic partnerships enhance traffic safety and expand market reach.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

0%
Hayden AI
Apr 16th, 2025
Hayden AI Partners with the Philadelphia Parking Authority and SEPTA to Launch Automated Transit Zone Enforcement

San Francisco, CA - Hayden AI has been awarded a contract with the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) to deploy automated transit zone parking enforcement camera systems on Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) buses.

ABC10
Dec 19th, 2024
Sacramento launches crackdown on illegal parking at bus stops to improve safety

SacRT is partnering with Hayden AI, a California-based company specializing in AI-powered camera systems, to make the enforcement process seamless and efficient.

Business Wire
Jul 10th, 2024
Hayden AI Raises $90 Million in Series C Led by TPG's The Rise Fund

Hayden AI raises $90 million in Series C led by TPG's The Rise Fund.

Business Wire
Jul 4th, 2024
Hayden AI Wins Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility Competition to Pilot Technology in Barcelona

Hayden AI, a leader in artificial intelligence and geospatial analytics, has won €100,000 from the Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility competition to deploy

Yahoo Finance
Jul 2nd, 2024
Hayden AI Wins Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility Competition to Pilot Technology in Barcelona

In addition to Barcelona, Hayden AI is launching an automated bus stop enforcement pilot in Braga (Portugal) funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)'s Transatlantic AI award.