Job Description
We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Engineering team and help scale our product by independently delivering high-quality, full-stack features, improving technical systems, and collaborating across teams. This is a mid-level to senior individual contributor role for an independent engineer capable of handling medium-to-large projects end-to-end. The ideal candidate has production experience across both frontend and backend systems and excels at translating product requirements into reliable, performant, and maintainable B2B SaaS software.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Feature Delivery: Build, support, and deploy end-to-end product surfaces, including user-facing workflows, APIs, data models, and integrations.
- Project Management: Break down projects into actionable tasks, provide reasonable estimates, and communicate risks, dependencies, and trade-offs early.
- Technical Quality: Write clean, well-documented code, participate in constructive code reviews, increase test coverage, and reduce technical debt through pragmatic refactoring.
- Performance & Observability: Monitor production performance using observability tools, create dashboards, and optimize systems based on latency, memory usage, and query performance.
- Collaboration & Mentorship: Work cross-functionally with Product, Design, and QA teams. Guide and mentor early-career engineers by sharing context and modeling strong habits.
Tech Stack
- Backend: Python, Django
- Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Design Systems
- Data & Infrastructure: Databases, API contracts, CI/CD, Cloud Infrastructure
- Tools: Observability and production debugging tools, AI and automation tools
Role Requirements
- Experience TYPE (4-6): 4-6 years of experience preferred (or equivalent mid-to-senior level mastery) delivering full-stack software in a production environment.
- Full-Stack Production: Proven experience designing, testing, and maintaining features across both frontend user experiences and backend services.
- System Complexity: Experience working with distributed systems, integrations, networked services, or accuracy-critical systems (e.g., pay-related or financial workflows).
- Execution: Ability to work independently, clarify ambiguity, and solve complex problems with minimal oversight in a fast-paced startup/B2B SaaS environment.
- Communication: Clear communication skills regarding scope, trade-offs, and technical constraints with both technical and non-technical partners.
Core Competencies & Culture
Health & Family First: Balance personal life effectively while maintaining a reliable, business-consistent pace.
Autonomy + Team: Stay highly organized, manage multiple priorities, and focus on both delivery pace and quality.
Be Curious & Flexible: Ask questions, assume positive intent, navigate ambiguous environments, and adapt quickly to new software and domains.
Customer Empathy: Strive to meet user needs with compassion and support.
Work remotely Monday - Friday, 40 hours a week (no weekends)
Vacation: 10 business days a year
Holidays: 5 National Holidays a year
Company Holidays: 5 Company Holidays a year (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Zipdev Day)
Parental Leave
Health Care Reimbursement
Active Lifestyle Reimbursement
Quarterly Home Office Reimbursement
Payroll Deduction Purchase Plans
Longevity Bonus
Continuous Learning Bonus
Access to Training and Professional Development Platforms
Did we mention it’s REMOTE?!!
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