Senior Software Engineer II

Articulate

full-time

Posted on: 9/13/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $163,900 - $245,900 per year

Senior

AWSDockerJavaScriptNode.jsPostgresReactTypeScript

About the role

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

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: Node.js, Postgres, Docker, React, TypeScript.
Proficiency developing and maintaining services on AWS, and 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.