Position Overview The Senior Software Engineer is a technical leader responsible for designing scalable systems, driving engineering excellence, and delivering high-impact solutions. This role focuses on cross-team influence, system-wide thinking, and elevating engineering standards
Work Arrangement: Remote
This role requires the individual to be based in Flexible across U.S. time zones.
Responsibilities - Contribute to system and component-level architecture design, collaborating with engineers and architects to evaluate options and make sound technical decisions.
- Own end-to-end technical execution of key initiatives, from design through delivery, proactively identifying and mitigating risks and dependencies.
- Lead cross-team initiatives and influence platform-level decisions
- Uphold high engineering standards by actively participating in code reviews and applying best practices in CI/CD, testing, observability, and DevOps.
- Partner closely with Product, UX, QA, Security, and Infrastructure teams to deliver solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements.
- Lead complex incident response and technical root cause analysis, including on-call participation
- Mentor and support engineers, fostering strong engineering judgment, collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning.
- Remain deeply hands-on, contributing high-quality, production-ready code to critical components and complex problem areas.
- Balance short-term delivery with long-term technical health
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, applying strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
- Support alignment between product priorities and technical execution, contributing to predictable, high-quality delivery.
- Perform other duties as assigned to support departmental and company objectives.
Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 9-12 years of professional software development experience
- Expert-level knowledge of software architecture and system design
- Proven experience delivering large-scale, cloud-based systems
- Proven experience writing test automation at every level to confirm application functionality and performance goals are met
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder influence skills
- Ability to drive change across complex technical environments
- Ability to travel up as business needs require
- Role requires the following physical capacity: Sedentary: primarily desk/computer work
- Must be legally authorized to work in United States; Elite does not provide employment sponsorship for this position
Benefits:
- Competitive Compensation Package ($155,700-$173,000 base salary + variable component)
- Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage (Health, Dental, Vision)
- Retirement Savings Plan with an Employer Contribution
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Time Off
- Wellness Initiatives
- Employee Assistance Program
- Generous Global Parental Leave
- Calm, free premium subscription
- Employee Discount Program
