Partner cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to align technical solutions with customer needs.
Drive outcomes with a high degree of autonomy, focusing on impact and quality results.
Lead development of new features and enhancements, balancing speed of delivery with scalability, reliability, and long-term sustainability.
Influence technical direction, driving design discussions, evaluating tradeoffs, and introducing frameworks and patterns that raise the engineering bar.
Contribute to a world-class engineering culture in a remote-first environment.
Mentor and support engineers at multiple levels: coaching, reviewing work, and fostering technical excellence across teams.
Guide incident response and operations by anchoring on-call rotations and helping others navigate complex challenges.

Requirements

Comfortable operating in ambiguous problem spaces, with a bias toward shipping quickly to test, learn, and iterate.
Proven experience building and scaling production software systems, often gained over 8+ years, with demonstrated technical depth and breadth.
Deep expertise in backend and frontend technologies. We use Node.js, Postgres, Docker, React, TypeScript.
Proficiency developing and maintaining services on AWS, with strong operational skills using tools like Datadog or equivalent APMs.
Experience building secure, compliant distributed applications with a strong focus on scalability, observability, and resilience.
Commitment to accessibility and inclusive design in software development.
Outstanding communication skills, with an ability to clearly explain technical topics to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
A track record of technical leadership, mentoring others, and influencing engineering direction beyond your immediate team.

Benefits

This position is bonus-eligible.
Articulate also offers a robust suite of benefits — visit the website for a full list.
Occasional travel for company events may be required.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

Node.jsPostgresDockerReactTypeScriptAWSscalable software systemsdistributed applicationsobservabilityresilience

Soft Skills

communication skillsmentoringtechnical leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcoachinginfluencingautonomycommitment to accessibilityinclusive design