[8NW] Staff Software Engineer

Software Mind Americas

6d•Remote

About The Position

Software Mind is seeking qualified candidates to fill the role of Staff/Lead Software Engineer (React/TypeScript/Next.js). Our client develops a financial platform to help people find the right credit cards, mortgage rates, and various other financial service products and information to enable them to make the best financial decisions for their unique needs. We are looking for a Staff (Lead) Software Engineer with expertise in React, TypeScript, and Next.js to work on a team focused on credit card and bank-related products and services. The focus of the work is front-end development but also includes some back-end development tasks.

Requirements

+90% English written and oral (at least B2 level) with excellent communication skills
8-10 years of overall development experience in a professional software engineer position
1-2 years of experience in a Tech Lead, Team Lead, or Staff Engineer role
Expertise in React, advanced TypeScript, Next.js (preferably Next.js version 13), and Node.js
Ability to mentor other engineers in TypeScript and share knowledge/best practices
Experience with Observability: Strong knowledge of observability tools like DataDog or similar
Experience setting up dashboards, monitors, error reporting, etc.
Experience with Web Performance: Core web vitals, caching, Critical rendering path, static generation
Experience working on large-scale production applications
Ability to take business requests and break them down into manageable steps to achieve a goal

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with GraphQL
Knowledge and understanding of Astro.js
Experience working on an organically driven website at a scale
Experience working with data analytics tools and understanding complex analytics schemas
Experience with CI/CD

Responsibilities

Write great code and be a team player who is willing to share your expertise and knowledge with others.
Iterating and updating client-facing web pages and flows that guide users toward the right company-related products to meet their needs.
Perform data integrations within the decision process to improve customer experience.
Contribute to the design and development of new applications, features, and flows to make the customer experience more intuitive and user-friendly.
Support ongoing efforts to optimize the client's end-to-end SDLC, while maintaining best practices.
Work throughout the full tech stack using React.js, TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL, SQL, REST API, Context API, and more.
Support the adoption and migration of Next.js, to increase speed and responsiveness
Own and drive various projects and support senior engineers driving other projects
Work collaborative and help “up-level” the team through mentorship, code reviews, knowledge sharing, and pair programming as needed on complex development tasks
Be a true owner in every sense of the word as it relates to your work, responsibilities, and commitment to the team, and be an intrinsically motivated self-starter
Provide thought leadership/expertise around the right level of engineering for a given solution to help ensure projects are not “over-engineered”
Bring strong technical opinions to the table, but hold them loosely, being humble enough to let them go and move forward if group consensus goes in another direction
Attend and contribute to architecture and design meetings and discussions
Partner with the Engineering Manager to plan the roadmap, turn product requirements into user stories, support planning & refinement meetings, and maintain high standards for engineering excellence across the team