Senior Software Engineer (Remote, EST CST)
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Location: Remote (must work EST or CST hours)
Salary: Competitive based on experience
Overview
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to take ownership of a mission-critical customer-facing web platformand help stabilize improve and evolve it for long-term use.
This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role for an engineer who is comfortable inheriting an existing system diagnosing structural issues and decidingbased on sound technical judgmentwhether to refactor rebuild or incrementally improve the platform.
You will work closely with non-technical leadership collaborate with a small internal engineering team and be trusted to make pragmatic technical decisions that move the product toward a stable launch and beyond.
Tasks
Design build and maintain Python-based backend services using Django and/or Flask
Develop and extend REST APIs that support both internal and external product use cases
Analyze and improve PostgreSQL database schemas queries migrations and data integrity
Deliver frontend features using React and with modern HTML CSS and JavaScript
Diagnose recurring bugs address root causes and reduce technical debt
Review and refactor existing code to improve reliability readability and maintainability
Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and example-driven guidance
Support real users by helping investigate and resolve production issues when needed
This role is not people management on day one but you will contribute to hiring decisions and may grow into greater technical leadership over time based on impact and execution.
Requirements
Strong production experience with Python especially Django and/or Flask
Proven experience designing and maintaining RESTful APIs
Deep working knowledge of PostgreSQL including schema design normalization and query optimization
Practical frontend experience with React and
Comfort working across the full stack from database to UI
Hands-on experience using Docker for development and deployment workflows
Solid experience with Git in collaborative environments
The ability to work independently communicate clearly and make sound technical trade-offs
Experience operating in agile or iterative development environments
Most importantly you are someone who can be trusted to take ownership operate with ambiguity and improve a system that has real-world constraints.
Benefits
- Experience with data analysis using Pandas
- UI/UX sensitivity when building user-facing features
- Experience designing or improving CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases
- Experience using modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Cursor Claude Code v0) as productivity enhancers
- Why this role
-High autonomy and real technical influence
- Direct impact on a product approaching launch
- Non-technical leadership that values and defers to strong engineering judgment
- Opportunity to stabilize and shape a system that will be used long-term
Practical details :
Fully remote role
Must be able to work EST or CST hours
Senior individual contributor position
Competitive compensation discussed directly
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
