Senior Software Engineer

Job Overview

Location: St. Paul Minnesota (Hybrid)

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team to architect develop and enhance our secure document generation platform. The ideal candidate will demonstrate technical leadership through innovative software design and implementation using Go Python and TypeScript to deliver exceptional user experiences while maintaining the highest security standards.

About the Role

This position will join our small but growing engineering team focused on building our core product offerings. The successful candidate will have significant autonomy in making software design decisions and implementing best practices throughout our application stack. As we prepare for commercial growth this role is critical to ensuring our applications are well-architected maintainable and deliver exceptional value to our users.

We are particularly interested in candidates who demonstrate a deep understanding of software design principles patterns and practices not just coding proficiency. The ideal candidate should have well-formed opinions about application architecture API design state management and testing strategies backed by real-world experience. We value team members who can articulate the why behind technical decisions and who approach software development as a craft that creates business value.

As a distributed team we place high value on proactive communication transparency and a bias for action. Your ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly mentor junior developers and take initiative on impactful projects are essential qualities for success in our environment.

Key Responsibilities

Application Architecture & Development

• Design and implement scalable maintainable application architectures across the full technology stack
• Develop robust backend services and APIs using Go and Python with a focus on performance and security
• Create responsive intuitive frontend interfaces using React and TypeScript following modern best practices
• Optimize application performance and resource utilization throughout the technology stack
• Independently design develop and maintain high-performance web applications and APIs
• Architect solutions for scalability and efficiency ensuring robust backend systems and intuitive frontend interfaces

Technical Leadership

• Lead complex feature development from conception through deployment
• Make sound architectural decisions balancing technical excellence with business needs
• Provide mentorship and code reviews to help junior developers grow their skills
• Champion software quality through testing documentation and knowledge sharing
• Manage deployment processes handle complex troubleshooting and ensure reliable system operations
• Drive continuous improvement within the team through knowledge-sharing sessions

Product Innovation

• Collaborate with product managers to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Propose innovative approaches to solving user problems through software
• Continuously research and evaluate new technologies that could benefit our platform
• Participate in product planning to provide technical perspective on feasibility and approach
• Stay current with industry trends emerging technologies and best practices

Quality & Best Practices

• Implement comprehensive testing strategies including unit integration and end-to-end tests
• Establish and maintain coding standards and best practices for the engineering team
• Design for security and privacy from the ground up in all application components
• Create self-documenting code and technical documentation where appropriate
• Conduct and participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and maintainability
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and define timelines

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5 years experience in full-stack software development with demonstrated technical leadership preferably in a startup
• Strong proficiency in backend development using Go and/or Python
• Advanced experience building frontend applications with React and TypeScript
• Experience designing building and documenting RESTful APIs and microservices
• Solid understanding of software design patterns data structures and algorithms
• Production experience with Docker containerization and container orchestration
• Experience running applications in production on AWS (EC2 S3 RDS etc.)
• Knowledge of relational database design and query optimization
• Excellence in writing clean maintainable and well-tested code
• Strong communication skills and experience mentoring junior developers
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• A proactive attitude with a passion for mentoring and supporting the engineering organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling (GitHub Actions Jenkins etc.)
• Experience building applications on top of AI/Large Language Models
• Understanding of event-driven architecture and message queues
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and practices
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform CloudFormation)

Benefits and Perks

• Hybrid work environment out of St. Paul Minnesota
• Comprehensive health benefits including Medical Dental and Vision insurance
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) to support work-life balance

Our Values

• We Touch Reality - Customers and their stories are not foreign. We actively seek out engagement with them whether calling them on the phone meeting through conferences or listening to interactions with product/sales.
• They Win We Win - Above all else no other metric matters more to measuring our performance as an Engineering organization than Customers succeeding through our product. We build for them not ourselves.
• Bias for Action - When you see a problem you can solve fix it. We dont wait for someone else to tell you its your job we seize the initiative. For major architectural changes features or anything that affects other teams work we give people a heads up but dont wait for consensus to start exploring solutions.
• Shared Ownership - We all own the outcomes not just our individual pieces. When something breaks we focus on fixing the system together rather than finding whos at fault. Mistakes are inevitable how we handle them as a team defines us.
• Transparency First - We emphasize keeping engineering discussions and topics in the public forum not tucked away in DMs or private channels. Those spaces are specifically for conversations that cannot be had elsewhere.

Join Us

Are you ready to help shape the future of secure DocGen Apply now and lets make a difference together!

Inkit is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We value accessibility. Please email us at for accommodations during the application and interviewing process.

Required Experience:

Senior IC