Senior Software Engineer

Location: Remote/Hybrid (Los Gatos, CA)

Senior Software Engineer – Application & Platform Development

About the Role

We are seeking an accomplished Software Engineer to join our ID Technology team, developing backend systems, APIs, and tools that support some of the largest and most high-traffic sites on the internet.  As part of a small, high-performing team of experienced engineers, you will champion best in class tools and practices across the organization as you maintain and extend a mature and successful codebase while helping drive the design, development, and delivery of our next generation applications and platform services.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect & Build robust, performant, scalable, and observable services using primarily C#/.NET and Go, while ensuring clean, maintainable code.
• Design and manage solutions leveraging databases such as MongoDB, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL, and message queue systems such as ActiveMQ, AWS SNS, and AWS SQS.
• Develop and maintain IaC (Infrastructure as Code) using OpenTofu/Terraform, particularly for provisioning on AWS (S3, EC2, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, etc.).
• Write and maintain automation scripts in Python for CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and operational tasks.
• Leverage Docker (including Compose) and mocks for containerized deployments, as well as repeatable and one-off local testing.
• Make intelligent use of AI coding assistants, pair programmers and agents. Leverage AI platforms for brainstorming, design and analysis.
• Embrace troubleshooting and development challenges with composure and positivity.  Must be able to thrive in a dynamic environment with changing priorities.
• Lead code reviews, enforce coding standards, and drive quality through automated testing, static analysis, and dependency vulnerability scanning.
• Partner with Product, Operations, Client Services, and Engineering teams to review specifications and designs, define acceptance criteria, ensure release readiness, and help troubleshoot production incidents.
• Mentor engineers, foster a collaborative culture, and provide technical guidance and career development support.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices; evaluate and introduce tools that improve productivity, reliability, and performance.
• Create and maintain product documentation and developer docs
• Clearly communicate status and open issues

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

• 7+ years of professional software development.

Languages

• Expert level proficiency in C#/.NET and working knowledge of Go.

Databases

• Strong hands-on experience with MongoDB and relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL).

Cloud

• Deep knowledge of AWS services (S3, EC2/ECS, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, etc.)

Infrastructure as Code

• Experience with OpenTofu/Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud resources.

Observability

• Implementing OpenTelemetry (tracing, metrics, logs) in distributed systems.

Containers

• Containerization with Docker and local container orchestration with Docker Compose.
• Experience with Nomad and Consul a plus.

Scripting

• Proficient in Python for automation, tooling, and data analysis/manipulation.
• Unix shell scripting.

AI

• Experience with (but not reliance on) mainstream AI design and coding tools.

Additional

• Experience with Rust, NodeJS, React a plus.

Soft Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication, analytical thinking, problem solving, and teamwork.
• Ability to influence and drive consensus within and across teams.
• Comfortable and productive working both independently and collaboratively in a small team.

Leadership

• Demonstrated ability to mentor/share knowledge with other engineers, conduct effective code reviews, and champion engineering best practices.

Preferred Extras

• Experience with CI/CD platforms (Bamboo preferred).
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud and application development.
• Familiarity with audio and other media formats.
• Experience with the music industry / music licensing.