Senior Software Engineer

STEAMe LLC • Chicago, IL

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will own key initiatives and play a central role in designing, building, and delivering software solutions across the STEAMe platform. You will collaborate cross-functionally to architect scalable workforce technology that unifies data, streamlines complex workflows, and drives measurable outcomes for our customers.
As a fast-growing startup, you’ll contribute across the full development lifecycle—from designing secure, scalable infrastructure to providing technical leadership. We’re looking for engineers who are excited to stretch across the stack, build high-quality systems, mentor teammates, and help shape the future of our platform.
The ideal candidate is a mission-driven engineer who thrives in a fast-moving startup. You bring strong full-stack skills, write clean, reliable code, and design secure systems that connect complex stakeholders. You also enjoy working closely with people—collaborating, mentoring, and showing the aptitude to grow into a future leadership role.

Requirements

• BS in CS or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of enterprise software development experience with at least 2 years of experience as a SSE
• Proficient in developing products with front end web frameworks and languages such as React and Typescript
• Proficient in developing services with back end frameworks, tools, and object oriented languages such as .NET, Node, and C#
• Experience with Relational Databases and query languages such as Postgres and SQL
• Experience in test driven development, unit testing and end to end testing frameworks such as Jest and Playwright.
• Experience developing applications for the cloud and leveraging cloud platforms like Azure and AWS
• Experience and knowledge in the full software development pipeline and delivering products with continuous integration and deployment tools such as GitHub Actions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable adapting and learning new technologies quickly
• Track record of superior performance and a passion for building great software

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in the design of STEAMe system architecture with the Principal Engineer to deliver reliable and delightful products for our end-users
• Mentor your peers and more junior teammates and exemplify software development best practices
• Collaborate on cross-functional teams to help with team leadership, technical design, documentation, and implementation planning
• Own an area of the STEAMe architecture and be an expert resource for your domain
• Participate in and facilitate agile ceremonies such as estimation, refinement, and retrospectives
• Engage thoughtfully in agile processes to clarify scope and implementation steps while identifying risks or opportunities for research
• Evaluate, recommend and implement improvements to development processes
• Actively participate in the full development life cycle, providing feedback on code, writing well-designed and tested software, and deploying it to the cloud

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level