Senior Software Engineer
Collective6 months ago
Base Salary
$195k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own features end-to-end, including defining the problem, building the solution, deploying it, and iterating based on results
- Ship high-quality user-facing experiences across frontend and backend systems
- Collaborate with Product and Design to translate ambiguous problems into effective solutions
- Use AI-powered development tools and agent workflows to improve development speed and code quality
- Identify and implement AI capabilities that improve the member experience
- Continuously ship, instrument software, and use customer behavior and feedback to guide iteration
- Make system design decisions balancing speed, scalability, and maintainability
- Improve developer workflows through automation, internal tooling, and AI-assisted processes
- Evaluate new tools, frameworks, and approaches and recommend or discontinue them based on results
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience building and shipping production software in a product-focused environment
- Strong full-stack engineering skills with technologies such as Python, Django, and React or similar modern frameworks
- Experience owning features or systems end-to-end and delivering measurable user impact
- Experience using AI developer tools, copilots, code agents, or custom workflows to accelerate delivery
- Ability to turn loosely defined customer problems into shipped solutions without waiting for a fully specified product requirements document
- Strong product judgment for making scope and user experience tradeoffs
- Clear communication and collaboration skills with technical and non-technical partners
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI agents and automation into development workflows and product features
Benefits
- Hybrid work model based in San Francisco with in-office and remote flexibility
- Fresh lunch provided on in-office days
- $150 monthly commuter reimbursement for transit expenses
- $200 quarterly health and wellness reimbursement
- Flexible PTO and 14 company holidays
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and 75% coverage for dependents
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- 401(k) plan and equity package
- Quarterly virtual events and an annual in-person summit
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About Collective
Collective builds an all-in-one financial management platform for self-employed professionals and businesses-of-one, combining software with a team of advisors. Members use it for LLC or S-Corp formation, bookkeeping, payroll, tax preparation and compliance, managed in a single dashboard. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company sells its services by subscription to solopreneurs seeking streamlined back-office operations.