A Place for Mom

Senior Software Engineer - Lead Platform

A Place for Mom
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2 days ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
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Base Salary

$160k - $190k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own and deliver full-stack projects and features from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and support.
  • Build and maintain scalable advisor-facing services for lead capture, intelligent routing, and real-time tracking.
  • Translate business requirements into resilient, well-tested software in collaboration with product managers and QA.
  • Contribute to architecture discussions, design reviews, platform-wide decisions, code reviews, documentation, and engineering standards.
  • Create and maintain automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Build experimentation and analytics foundations including feature flags, A/B tests, instrumentation, and observability.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues using logs, metrics, and instrumentation.
  • Debug, refactor, and optimize performance across maintained services.
  • Provide technical planning, estimates, implementation guidance, and mentorship to junior teammates.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of professional full-stack engineering experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks.
  • Proficiency with API design using REST and GraphQL, asynchronous processing, and microservices architectures.
  • Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, including Lambda, EventBridge, and S3.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other relational and non-relational databases.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing patterns such as EventBridge and SQS.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control using GitHub Actions.
  • Hands-on experience building LLM-backed features, including prompt design, retrieval, structured output, evaluation, and cost and latency management.
  • Fluency with AI coding agents.
  • Experience writing and maintaining automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work independently with distributed teams.
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally, solve complex technical problems, and contribute in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work arrangement for candidates living and authorized to work in the United States.
  • Base salary of $160,000-$190,000.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • Dental, health, and vision insurance.
  • Paid time off.

Tech Stack

AWSGitHub ActionsGraphQLJavaScriptMongoDBNestJSNode.jsPostgreSQLReactTypeScript

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A Place for Mom

About A Place for Mom

1,001-5,000 employees

A Place for Mom operates an online marketplace that matches families with senior living and home care providers, offering free, personalized guidance. It earns referral fees from a nationwide network of 15,000+ assisted living, memory care, independent living, and home care partners. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in New York, the company is privately held under Warburg Pincus.

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