Senior Software Engineer

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Senior Software Engineer at LearnLux designing scalable backend systems for our financial wellness SaaS product. Building impactful systems and collaborating with a small agile engineering team.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and build backend services and systems that support LearnLux’s enterprise SaaS platform.
  • Contribute to the evolution of our platform architecture, including efforts such as multi-tenancy and system scalability, within the scope of your team’s projects.
  • Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure for reliability and performance, primarily on GCP (with AWS experience welcomed).
  • Apply strong engineering fundamentals to ensure systems are secure, reliable, and compliant.
  • Work with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Pulumi (preferred) or Terraform to maintain consistent and scalable environments.
  • Collaborate with product, design, and data teams to translate requirements into well-scoped technical solutions.
  • Build and maintain backend services using Node.js and Python, contributing hands-on to critical systems.
  • Drive engineering efficiency through automation, including the use of AI-driven or agentic systems to improve developer workflows, operations, and internal tooling.
  • Support global performance, reliability, and operational excellence.
  • Contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing across the engineering team.

Requirements:

  • Strong backend engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of projects and systems.
  • Proven experience building and maintaining scalable backend systems in a SaaS environment.
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts and cloud infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience with Node.js and/or Python. (Other language experience is welcome so long as you’re willing to learn and work in these.)
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure, GCP preferred (AWS experience acceptable).
  • Familiarity with security and compliance considerations in production systems.
  • Experience using automation and AI-driven tools to improve developer productivity or system efficiency.
  • Ability to break down complex problems and execute within a defined scope.
  • Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively within a cross-functional team.
  • Clear communication skills in technical discussions and project execution.

Benefits:

  • Remote-first company structure
  • Medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k)
  • Mental wellbeing (Talkspace)
  • Financial wellbeing (LearnLux)
  • Paid vacation and sick leave
  • Paid sabbatical after 5 years of service
  • A supportive, inclusive team culture
  • Opportunities for continuous learning and growth at a fast-growing startup at the cutting edge intersection of financial wellness and technology