Staff Software Engineer

About the Role: We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer who can contribute across the product — building new features, improving existing systems, and helping the team work more efficiently. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and takes ownership of getting things done. You will work across our stack (PHP 8.2 / Laravel 10), Node.JS, Golang, and React frontend (React 18 + TypeScript + Vite), and AWS infrastructure, contributing directly to production code while helping improve workflows, documentation, and processes.

What You'll Do

• Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant systems across product and infrastructure.
• Own end-to-end architecture decisions across multiple services.
• Lead development of core platform primitives (content, identity, transactions, messaging).
• Develop and maintain server-side applications (PHP 8, Laravel 10, Node.JS, Golang, MySQL) and implement front-end features with React.js.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code reviews.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor juniors, and help level up the team.
• Manage integrations between systems and cloud services (AWS).

What You Bring

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with proven experience designing and scaling complex distributed systems.
• Strong backend experience (e.g., PHP/Laravel, TypeScript/Node, Go).
• Deep understanding of system design, API design, databases (MySQL, Postgres), caching, queues, and async processing.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent) including ECS/ECR, RDS, S3, CloudFront, Redis, Amazon MQ, and Lambda.
• Ability to operate with high autonomy and make tradeoffs between speed and scalability.
• Comfortable working in early-stage, ambiguous environments.
• Bonus: Experience scaling large distributed architectures, working in a remote-first environment, and background in social media, fintech, or messaging applications.

Benefits

• Compensation: $130,000 - $160,000 USD/year (base + equity + annual bonus).
• Meaningful equity package (early-stage upside).
• Paid Adventure Time: Take an all-expenses-paid remote working trip for 3 weeks to a destination of your choice, plus flexible "Me-Days".
• Unlimited Learning: Full access to every course and program on our NewRich platform.
• Home Office Stipend: Budget to create your ideal workspace and a new MacBook to power your productivity.
• Annual Retreat: Every year we gather in amazing locations (next stop: Colombia).