Principal Software Engineer

What you'll do:

• Contribute as part of a cross functional agile team to build scalable APIs and web application features using Javascript/Typescript while meeting coding and security best practices.
• Design and build software with an eye towards modular, extensible, and scalable design.
• Participate in product discovery and lead design sessions with other members of the Product and Engineering organization.
• Enhance existing development processes with best practices for continuous integration, testing, and deployment.
• Act as a technical solution advisor to engineering and product management
• Participate in production deployments.
• Troubleshoot production runtime issues that may arise throughout the entire system.
• Measure the effectiveness of new features, find and address performance issues, and drive continuous improvement.
• Participate in electronic communication channels on a constant basis as part of your daily work.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of relevant professional work experience
• 5+ years NodeJS
• 3+ years developing software on AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Cloudwatch, RDS, Fargate, etc)
• 2+ years experience with modern front-end frameworks (Vue, React, Angular, etc)
• 3+ years experience with SQL (preferably MySQL)
• Extensive experience in Server side communications and integrations with 3rd party APIs
• Skilled in leading projects and supporting less experienced engineers, encouraging a culture of innovation and continuous growth.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of effectively articulating technical challenges and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to adjust to changing priorities, as is common in a startup environment.
• Passionate about building great software with strong attention to detail and testing, ensuring quality without relying fully on a QA Engineer/Team for validation.

You’re a great addition to our team if…

• You have worked in a fast paced startup
• You've demonstrated success working in a remote engineering capacity, showing strong self-management and discipline.
• You are committed to creating and maintaining concise, clear documentation for code, architecture, and processes to ensure knowledge sharing and efficient team collaboration.
• You possess deep knowledge of asynchronous data integration patterns and approaches (e.g., Webhooks, Pub/Sub, Batch, Asynchronous Messaging, etc.).
• You have experience with Javascript API frameworks like NestJS.
• You have experience writing infrastructure as code using Serverless Framework.
• You have knowledge of security best practices in software development and the ability to implement security-first methodologies.
• You have experience with durable workflow execution frameworks like Temporal or Azure Durable Functions

Perks & Compensation:

• Become a key team member on the ground floor of a startup set to disrupt the background check industry and innovate digital identity.
• 100% remote work environment with only limited required travel
• Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, 401k, and EAP.
• Take the time to Check Yourself - we have an unlimited time off policy.
• The expected base compensation for this role is between $180,000 to $235,000 for work performed in the United States. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include seniority level, experience level, transferable skills, education, location, business needs, training, and market demands. This range may be modified in the future.