Software Engineer - Santa Barbara, CA

Software Engineer

We are looking for a Santa Barbara, CA based Software Engineer to develop platform capabilities that position Pearly as the leading payments layer in the dental industry. Everything we build at Pearly operates at scale from day one - from user-facing workflows to high-throughput payment, notification, and data sync systems. You will be shipping capabilities that impact millions of users.

In addition to application code, you will work on the development infrastructure that allows our organization to scale safely - including automated testing, monitoring, and internal tooling. The common denominator across every project you work on will be a deep sense of craft - both as an individual and as a collective team. At Pearly you will drive product excellence that enables us to be the winners in our space.

Pearly operates on a hyper-modern stack that is optimized for developer experience and scalability. You'll be releasing code that is high-impact, simple, and safe from day one; working predominantly in Typescript, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL. Our tooling leverages the best of open source and cloud-based capabilities, including Serverless Functions, GitHub Actions, Docker, and Playwright. We put a lot of thought into how to make shipping code at Pearly as fun and low-friction as possible, and we're constantly iterating on our stack/tooling to stay at the leading edge - including leveraging the latest AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor.

What You'll Do

• Own the full development cycle: You'll be involved in every step of development, from product ideation, to specification, through to implementation and release to Production.
• Define the platform: You will research and make judgement calls on fundamental decisions regarding data modeling, architecture, infrastructure, and tooling.
• Collaborate effectively: We operate as a flat, mutually supportive, highly connected team where frequent input and collaboration is expected and best ideas always win.
• Build the path forward: You'll be entrusted to build today what we need for tomorrow - we believe in creating generalized frameworks that anticipate future needs as a core development principle.

Qualifications

• Sense of Craft. You take pride in and are consistently honing your technical and creative abilities. You seek out opportunities to introduce simplicity, and enjoy composing solutions to business requirements in a way that is both innovative and effective.
• 4+ Years Deploying to Prod: You have an understanding of the stakes involved in deploying live systems. You exhibit exceptional attention to detail, and are prepared to operate in a security and accuracy sensitive domain.
• Command of the Full Stack. You are comfortable working in any layer of modern web application architecture - from Data Persistence to Business Logic to the User Interface. The ability to learn quickly and deeply is more important than experience with any particular technology, although a strong understanding of relational data modeling is a must.
• Willing to Roll Up Your Sleeves. Taking the initiative is second nature to you. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, take projects to the finish line, and own the outcome.
• Based in Santa Barbara, CA. You will work at Pearly's office in downtown Santa Barbara, CA with the opportunity to periodically work remotely.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, equity, and healthcare benefits
• Meeting-light culture
• Work with an A+ smart and passionate team
• Flexible vacation/time-off policy
• Opportunity to make your mark at an accelerating company with great product-market fit