Senior Software Engineer II – Expansion

Description

• Partner cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to align technical solutions with customer needs. • Drive outcomes with a high degree of autonomy, focusing on impact and quality results. • Lead development of new features and enhancements, balancing speed of delivery with scalability, reliability, and long-term sustainability. • Influence technical direction, driving design discussions, evaluating tradeoffs, and introducing frameworks and patterns that raise the engineering bar. • Contribute to a world-class engineering culture in a remote-first environment. • Mentor and support engineers at multiple levels: coaching, reviewing work, and fostering technical excellence across teams. • Guide incident response and operations by anchoring on-call rotations and helping others navigate complex challenges.

Requirements

• Comfortable operating in ambiguous problem spaces, with a bias toward shipping quickly to test, learn, and iterate. • Proven experience building and scaling production software systems, often gained over 8+ years, with demonstrated technical depth and breadth. • Deep expertise in backend and frontend technologies. We use Node.js, Postgres, Docker, JS, React, TypeScript. • Proficiency developing and maintaining services on AWS, with strong operational skills using tools like Datadog or equivalent APMs. • Experience building secure, compliant distributed applications with a strong focus on scalability, observability, and resilience. • Commitment to accessibility and inclusive design in software development. • Outstanding communication skills, with an ability to clearly explain technical topics to technical and non-technical stakeholders. • A track record of technical leadership, mentoring others, and influencing engineering direction beyond your immediate team.

Benefits

• This position is bonus-eligible. • Articulate also offers a robust suite of benefits — visit the website for a full list. • Occasional travel for company events may be required.

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