Senior Software Engineer

We are hiring on behalf of a profitable, founder-owned SaaS company that helps thousands of tradespeople streamline their take-off, estimating, and design processes. Their cloud-based product makes complex tasks simple, saving hours on every quote and improving accuracy for customers. This is a bootstrapped, stable business with no VC pressure and a focus on building a product people love.

The Role

You will join a 6-person engineering team as a backend-focused engineer, owning and evolving the backend systems while mentoring a talented team of frontend-leaning engineers. This is a hands-on role where you will lead critical technical initiatives, including:

• Driving a live migration from MeteorJS to Fastify/VueJS
• Building a real-time collaboration system (think AutoCAD meets Figma)
• Helping transform 6 million annotated construction plans into an AI-driven estimation engine

There are no silos in this role, you will work across all parts of the product.

Why Join?

• Work/life balance: Fully remote team, flexible hours, minimal meetings
• Stability: Profitable, founder-owned business with steady growth
• Impact: Your work has a direct effect on tradespeople and their businesses
• Autonomy: Flat hierarchy, direct access to founders, no red tape
• Growth: Small team means your scope grows with your ability

About You

• Strong background in Node.js and TypeScript, with experience building reliable, scalable backend systems
• Experience with API migrations or large-scale refactoring in production environments
• Able to work independently in a flat hierarchy, navigating complex codebases and making sound technical decisions
• A natural mentor who enjoys supporting and upskilling peers
• Excellent written and asynchronous communication skills in a remote-first team
• Curious about product and motivated by solving real customer problems

Bonus Points For

MongoDB, VueJS, Docker, DevOps experience, websocket/real-time/offline-first systems, AI (for both coding and product features), CAD, or PDF generation.

What You Will Do

• Extend and maintain REST APIs for scalability, robustness and observability
• Enhance background worker systems and support the MeteorJS to Vue/REST migration
• Implement strong integration tests and uphold code quality standards
• Collaborate with frontend engineers, product, and support teams to solve customer challenges
• Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement