# Senior Engineer (Platform)

**Company**: Later
**Location**: Boston, MA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $125,000-205,000 USD
$110,000-160,000 CAD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Later is the world's most intelligent influencer marketing company, built to give brands the confidence to create unforgettable campaigns.

The Senior Engineer is responsible for driving large-scale projects, delivering impactful features, and maintaining high engineering standards.

## Responsibilities

### Strategy

- Design scalable, maintainable, and secure service architectures.

- Identify opportunities for platform-wide improvements, new service development, and reduction of technical debt.

- Contribute to long-term platform vision and help shape standards for engineering excellence.

- Contribute to long-term architectural planning and system design.

### Technical / Execution

- Build backend services using C# in a Functional Programming paradigm or TypeScript for web and background worker applications.

- Work with both SQL and NoSQL databases; PostgreSQL expertise preferred.

- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and Infrastructure as Code.

- Apply security best practices across applications and infrastructure (secure coding, vulnerability assessments, secrets management).

- Continuously improve the codebase by upholding high standards for code reviews, architecture, testing, and deployment.

- Act as the go-to expert for debugging, troubleshooting, and system reliability.

### Team / Collaboration

- Grow as a technical mentor to multiply team impact by elevating skills and practices of peers and junior engineers.

- Collaborate within your team and cross-functional teams to define requirements, scope projects, and deliver platform solutions.

- Work closely with stakeholders to debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex backend issues across the stack.

- Contribute to engineering culture by modeling ownership, accountability, and a growth mindset.

### Leadership

- Mentor and develop junior engineers through coaching, pairing, and feedback.

- Champion engineering best practices, raising the bar for technical excellence across the team.

- Model emotional intelligence and resilience, building trust and inspiring growth in others.

### Research / Best practices

- Stay current on emerging technologies in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and secure software practices.

- Stay current on emerging technologies, frameworks, and architectures.

- Promote Agile best practices and contribute to evolving team workflows (Scrum).

- Share insights on industry trends and competitor approaches to inform product and engineering strategy.

## What success looks like:

- You consistently deliver complex, high-impact projects on time meeting both technical and business objectives.

- You're seen as a trusted technical leader and SME of your domain who raises the bar for engineering excellence across the team.

- You proactively identify opportunities to optimize performance, security, and scalability, and successfully implement solutions.

- You coach and influence peers, creating a ripple effect that improves team performance and morale.

## Requirements

- A strong appetite for learning and personal growth.

- 7–10 years of progressive software engineering experience (leadership required)

- In-depth knowledge of modern software development practices and architectures.

- Proficiency or ability to ramp up quickly with typed, functional programming in C# or TypeScript.

- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, with PostgreSQL expertise preferred.

- Experience in system architecture, designing secure, scalable, and maintainable platforms.

- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS (or equivalent cloud).

- Strong knowledge of DevOps practices (Git, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code).

- Expertise in application and infrastructure security best practices.

- Strong understanding of testing and automation practices.

- Experience in performance optimization for reliability and scalability.

- A strong interest in AI/ML applications in production systems.

- Proven experience working in ambiguous, complex problem spaces with strong problem-solving skills.

- Proficiency in Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) and project delivery.

- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for all audiences.

- Strategic problem-solving ability with adaptability in fast-changing environments.

- A passion for mentoring and a commitment to fostering a culture of excellence.

## Benefits

The salary range for this role is:

- For candidates located in the US: $125,000-205,000 USD

- For candidates located in Canada: $110,000-160,000 CAD

## Locations

We have offices in Boston, MA; Vancouver, BC; and Vancouver, WA.

## Skills

### Required
- C#
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Agile methodologies
- DevOps practices
- Functional Programming

### Nice to have
- NoSQL databases
- AI/ML applications

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