2 months ago
Base Salary
$175k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Scope, plan, and lead large-scale technical initiatives aligned with business priorities and product roadmaps.
- Design, build, and optimize scalable frontend and backend systems using React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
- Deliver production-grade features while maintaining performance, security, reliability, testing, deployment, and CI/CD standards.
- Debug and resolve complex issues across systems and services as a technical escalation point.
- Improve application and infrastructure security practices, architecture, scalability, and developer experience.
- Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to clarify requirements and deliver solutions.
- Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers and influence technical direction across the organization.
- Research emerging tools and technologies, including AI/ML applications, and promote continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 8–15 years of professional experience in software development with experience shipping large-scale, high-quality features and systems.
- Strong frontend expertise with React and TypeScript.
- Backend proficiency with Node.js; Kotlin experience is a plus.
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, including MySQL and DynamoDB.
- Deep experience with API integration and third-party API management.
- Familiarity with AWS or equivalent cloud infrastructure.
- Proven system design, architecture, and performance optimization experience.
- In-depth knowledge of application and infrastructure security best practices.
- Hands-on experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and YAML configuration; Kubernetes is a plus.
- Knowledge of automated testing frameworks and QA best practices.
- Experience mentoring and coaching engineers and influencing without authority.
- Experience with social networking platforms, accessibility standards, AI-powered development tools, monitoring solutions such as DataDog, or rapid iterative development environments is preferred.
Benefits
- Permanent team members are eligible for various benefits plans.
- Hybrid role associated with offices in Boston, Vancouver, BC, and Vancouver, WA; select positions may be fully remote.
- Later is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion, diversity, accessibility, and accommodation support during recruitment.
Tech Stack
About Later
Later builds an influencer marketing and social media platform for brands to discover creators, run campaigns, analyze performance, and manage creator payments, with optional managed services. The company also offers a link-in-bio tool used by marketers and creators. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, it is privately held and used by enterprise customers such as Nike, Wayfair, Unilever, and Southwest Airlines.