Senior/Staff Software Engineer || Remote

Role: Senior/Staff Software Engineer

Location: Remote - FTE

Seniority

• 7 - 25 years of experience as a Staff/Senior Software Engineer with full- stack web app development from design through deployment. Minimum 5 years of being a Senior- level engineer

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript with clear examples of complex system/products they've built hands- on recently on their resume

• Designing and scaling complex relational DB schemas
• Fintech companies is a plus
• Experience in high- growth tech startups/companies (VC- backed or FAANG)
• Startup experience is strongly preferred, but not strictly required.
• Salary: $150K - $300K

Work experience

• Worked at a tech company where software was the product ( high- growth tech startups like Ramp, not non- tech industries like retail banking)
• Experience in high- growth tech startups/companies (VC- backed or FAANG)
• Designing and scaling complex relational DB schemas
• Fintech companies is a plus

Hard skills

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript with clear examples of complex system/products they've built hands- on recently on their resume
• Scaling high- throughput distributed systems in the cloud with AWS and Terraform
• React on the frontend, Node/Express on the backend (running inside Docker), GraphQL/Apollo on both sides, and Postgres as our database.
• Familiarity with modern AI product development lifecycles (evals, experiment design, dataset curation, etc).
• SRE- oriented mindset (reliable, observable, low- toil infra)

Soft skills

• Keen eye for security risks
• Miscellaneous
• Ability to work remotely within the U. S. time zones.
• Long tenure and progression in roles (2+ years) within the same company
• Active GitHub is a strong plus
• Side projects

Traits to avoid

• Frequent job- hopping (more than two jobs of a year or less tenure).
• Those seeking/asking about work- life balance
• Experience working at banks (JPM, Goldman Sachs, Capital One, etc. )
• Those currently out of work
• Resumes with keywords bolded
• Traditional career managers
• People who have only founded - important to have seen good at scale and worked with a strong team

Additional Information

Fully remote position for candidates located within U.S. time zones.

Candidates should have authorization to work in the United States without requiring future sponsorship.

Stable employment history with meaningful impact and career progression is strongly preferred.

What to ask candidates:

• Please share Github link if candidate has
• Describe the most complex distributed system you've built or scaled. What were the throughput requirements, what broke under load, and how did you solve it? Be specific - stack, scale numbers, and architectural decisions.
• Our stack is TypeScript, Node/Express, React, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL on AWS managed with Terraform. Which of these have you used in production and at what scale, in particular TypeScript?
• What percentage of your time in your current role was spent writing and shipping production code versus managing, directing, or coordinating others?
• What is your total comp target? Please include a breakdown of cash, equity, or other components if available.
• Please ask candidates to share their approximate full-stack breakdown as a percentage (e.g. 60% frontend / 40% backend) and confirm what tech stack they are currently working in day-to-day.
• What is their salary expectation?
• How actively is this candidate exploring new opportunities?

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