Staff Software Engineer
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Newrich NetworkCreator Platform, EdTech, Fintech
United States, Canada, Brazil, PolandFull-TimeStaff
Salary130000 - 160000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Required Skills
- AWSNode.jsPHPPostgreSQLExpress.jsMySQLReact.jsTypeScriptGoRedisWebRTCCI/CDGitHub ActionsAWS LambdaCloudFormationPlaywright
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Proven experience designing and scaling complex distributed systems
- Experience working on high-growth products or platforms
- Background in Marketplaces, Social platforms, Payments / fintech systems, or SaaS infrastructure
- Strong backend experience (PHP/Laravel, TypeScript/Node, Go, or similar)
- Deep understanding of system design and architecture
- Deep understanding of API design and service boundaries
- Deep understanding of Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, event-driven systems)
- Deep understanding of Caching, queues, and async processing
- Experience with Payment systems or financial workflows (preferred)
- Experience with Real-time systems (messaging, notifications, streaming)
- Experience with Cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent)
- Ability to operate with high autonomy
- Strong product intuition—can make tradeoffs between speed and scalability
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction
- Comfortable working in early-stage, ambiguous environments
- Experience in a multi-service/microservices-style architecture
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant systems across product and infrastructure
- Own end-to-end architecture decisions across multiple services
- Lead development of core platform primitives (content, identity, transactions, messaging)
- Improve performance, reliability, and system observability
- Work closely with founders to translate product vision into technical systems
- Set engineering standards, best practices, and code quality bar
- Mentor engineers and help level up the team
- Identify and eliminate bottlenecks across the stack
- Develop and maintain server-side applications (PHP 8, Laravel 10, Node.JS, Golang, MySQL)
- Build and optimize APIs, ensure performance, scalability, and security
- Implement front-end features with React.js (18.2)
- Work with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code reviews
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor juniors
- Manage integrations between systems and cloud services (AWS)
- Maintain documentation, database schemas, and ensure security best practices
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