Software Engineer

Ethos

Software Engineer at Ethos Life creating scalable platform services and systems. Collaborating with teams to build and ship key features.

Posted 4/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $96,000 - $169,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build and maintain complex backend systems
Collaborate with other engineers, PMs and non-technical stakeholders to develop and ship features
Design, build, and maintain our API’s
Find and solve performance issues
Participate in code reviews
Communicate best practices to the team
Mentor junior engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience
Experience building complex architecture systems from the ground up, experience with backend architectural patterns of large, high-scale web applications
Ability to design clean APIs and understanding of performance issues
Experienced with software engineering best practices – design patterns, code reviews, unit and integration testing, etc.
Ability to communicate technical specifications both verbal and written
Understanding of security, common attacks and defenses

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

backend systemsAPI designperformance optimizationsoftware engineering best practicesdesign patternsunit testingintegration testingarchitectural patternshigh-scale web applications

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationmentoringproblem-solving