Senior Engineer

Role Description

The Senior Engineer is responsible for driving large-scale projects, delivering impactful features, and maintaining high engineering standards. You’ll solve complex problems, collaborate across teams, and mentor junior engineers while continuously improving our codebases and fostering a culture of technical excellence. With deep expertise in modern software development and Agile practices, you’ll shape how we build, scale, and innovate—directly influencing product velocity and engineering culture.

What you’ll do

• Strategy
  • Scope, plan, and lead delivery of large-scale features and roadmap initiatives.
  • Clarify and refine requirements across stakeholders in a fast-moving environment.
  • Navigate ambiguous requirements and competing interests to deliver features that delight users.
  • Contribute to long-term architectural planning and system design.
• Technical / Execution
  • Lead technical problem-solving for complex, cross-team challenges and production issues.
  • Continuously improve the codebase by upholding high standards for code reviews, architecture, testing, and deployment.
  • Ensure scalable and maintainable solutions across both frontend and backend systems.
  • Act as the go-to expert for debugging, troubleshooting, and system reliability.
• Team / Collaboration
  • Collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams to align on priorities and delivery.
  • Clearly communicate technical and non-technical concepts across the organization.
  • Participate actively in meetings, providing input that drives clarity and shared understanding.
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure features meet user and business needs.
• Leadership
  • Mentor and develop junior engineers through coaching, pairing, and feedback.
  • Champion engineering best practices, raising the bar for technical excellence across the team.
  • Model emotional intelligence and resilience, building trust and inspiring growth in others.
• Research / Best practices
  • Stay current on emerging technologies, frameworks, and architectures.
  • Promote Agile best practices and contribute to evolving team workflows (Scrum/Kanban).
  • Share insights on industry trends and competitor approaches to inform product and engineering strategy.

What success looks like

• Successful delivery of complex, high-impact features that advance business goals.
• Improved stability, scalability, and maintainability of the codebase.
• Junior engineers consistently leveling up under your mentorship.
• High trust and collaboration with cross-functional partners.
• Recognition as a technical leader and problem-solver across the organization.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of progressive software engineering experience (leadership required).
• In-depth knowledge of modern software development practices and architectures.
• Strong track record of scoping, delivering, and evolving large-scale features.
• Experience with both frontend and backend technologies (polyglot mindset preferred).
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) and project delivery.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for all audiences.
• Strategic problem-solving ability with adaptability in fast-changing environments.
• A passion for mentoring and a commitment to fostering a culture of excellence.

How you work

• Driven by Impact: You deliver results that matter—prioritizing high-value work, meeting deadlines, and adapting quickly while keeping outcomes clear.
• Strategic & Customer-Centric: You anticipate risks and opportunities, connect decisions to long-term growth, and build trust through proactive insights.
• Curious & Growth-Oriented: You seek knowledge, ask sharp questions, and apply learnings fast—challenging the status quo with a mindset of improvement.
• Collaborative & Resilient: You thrive in change by staying resourceful, solution-focused, and positive—removing roadblocks, sharing insights, and keeping morale high.
• Accountable & Honest: You own your work, hold yourself and others to a high bar, and use transparent feedback to drive growth.
• Emotionally Intelligent: You build trust through empathy and collaboration, foster inclusion, and inspire others with grit, optimism, and integrity.

Our approach to compensation

We take a market-based & data-driven approach to compensation. We leverage data from trusted third-party compensation sources to help us understand the market value of a role based on function, level, geographic location, and scope. We evaluate compensation bi-annually, including performance and market-related factors.

Salary range

• For candidates located in the US: $125,000-205,000 USD
• For candidates located in Canada: $110,000-160,000 CAD

Diversity, inclusion, and accessibility

At Later, we are committed to fostering a culture rooted in an inclusion-first mindset at every level of the company, embracing the importance of hiring and building teams for culture add rather than culture fit. We openly build and maintain unbiased hiring, pay, and promotion practices to create a foundation for an equitable workplace, paving the way for systemic change.