Staff Software Engineer

Newrich Network

18h•Remote

About The Position

Newrich is dedicated to tackling economic inequality by empowering individuals through education, inspiration, and motivation. The company builds a next-generation creator platform and software tools to help business, health, and wellness coaches efficiently run and grow their creator businesses, enhancing their visibility and algorithmic ranking on a social learning platform. Newrich's mission is to enable digital entrepreneurs to achieve a balanced, fulfilling lifestyle, build wealth, and gain independence. The team is diverse, spanning the Americas and Europe, united by a passion for solving complex problems, a commitment to economic equality, and a belief in technology as a force for good. The platform offers SaaS tools, e-learning programs, and a supportive social network. The Staff Software Engineer will contribute across the product, building new features, improving existing systems, and enhancing team efficiency. This hands-on role involves working across the full stack (PHP 8.2 / Laravel 10, Node.JS, Golang, React 18 + TypeScript + Vite) and AWS infrastructure, directly contributing to production code, and improving workflows, documentation, and processes. The company values attitude and ownership, promoting a healthy work-life balance.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience
Proven experience designing and scaling complex distributed systems
Experience working on high-growth products or platforms
Background in one or more of: Marketplaces, Social platforms, Payments / fintech systems, SaaS infrastructure
Strong backend experience (e.g., PHP/Laravel, TypeScript/Node, Go, or similar)
Deep understanding of: System design and architecture
Deep understanding of: API design and service boundaries
Deep understanding of: Databases (MySQL, Postgres, event-driven systems)
Deep understanding of: Caching, queues, and async processing
Experience with: Payment systems or financial workflows (preferred)
Experience with: Real-time systems (messaging, notifications, streaming)
Experience with: Cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent)
Ability to operate with high autonomy
Strong product intuition—can make tradeoffs between speed and scalability
Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction
Comfortable working in early-stage, ambiguous environments
Backend: Laravel (PHP), moving toward TypeScript / Go services
Database: MySQL (with future evolution toward more scalable architectures)
Infrastructure: AWS
Realtime / Messaging: In-house systems (moving away from third-party dependencies)
WebRTC, FFMPEG, HLS, SRT, RTMP, DRM
Node.js/Express, GitHub Actions
NoSQL (PostgreSQL, Redis)
Experience in a multi-service/microservices-style architecture
Familiarity with AWS services such as ECS/ECR, RDS, S3, CloudFront, Redis, Amazon MQ, and Lambda
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (especially CloudFormation-style templates and environment parameterization)
Experience improving GitHub Actions workflows and CI/CD pipelines
Familiarity with automated testing and quality tooling (Pest/PHPUnit, Vitest, Playwright, ESLint/Prettier, Pint, Psalm)
Self-driven, motivated, reliable in a fast-paced environment
Passionate about something - including a hobby outside of work (unless coding is also your hobby - we LOVE that)

Nice To Haves

You can demonstrate experience scaling large distributed architectures
You have experience in working in a remote-first environment
You have worked with social media, fintech, or messaging applications before

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant systems across product and infrastructure
Own end-to-end architecture decisions across multiple services
Lead development of core platform primitives (content, identity, transactions, messaging)
Improve performance, reliability, and system observability
Work closely with founders to translate product vision into technical systems
Set engineering standards, best practices, and code quality bar
Mentor engineers and help level up the team
Identify and eliminate bottlenecks across the stack
Develop and maintain server-side applications (PHP 8, Laravel 10, Node.JS, Golang, MySQL)
Build and optimize APIs, ensure performance, scalability, and security
Implement front-end features with React.js (18.2)
Work with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code reviews
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor juniors
Manage integrations between systems and cloud services (AWS)
Maintain documentation, database schemas, and ensure security best practices

Benefits

To be part of truly mission-driven work that aims to reduce economic inequality and empower individuals to live their best lives and build for the world around them
Flexible working environment with a lot of autonomy
Remote working budget
Educational budget and time to develop new skills
To be surrounded by an excellent, vibrant, smart team who have each other's back and believe in a culture of openness, tolerance and respect
You will help define the technical foundation of an entire ecosystem, not just a feature
Direct access to founders and influence on product + business decisions
Opportunity to build both: Consumer-grade social product and Fintech-grade infrastructure
High ownership, low bureaucracy
Compensation $130,000-$160,000 (combination of base + equity + annual bonus) (based on location, experience, and company performance)
Meaningful equity package (early-stage upside)
Flexible work environment
Paid Adventure Time – Take an all-expenses-paid remote working trip for 3 weeks to a destination of your choice with one of our remote work-trip partners
“Me-Days” – flexible personal days you can take whenever you need a reset
Fast Growth, Big Upside – more ownership, faster learning, and a real chance to shape the future of our company (and your career)
Equity + Bonus - Take some early equity and grab a piece of our future success. Bonuses paid out based on company hitting specific milestones and KPIs
Unlimited Learning – full access to every course and program on our NewRich platform
Home Office Stipend – budget to create your ideal workspace and a new MacBook
Annual Retreat – meet the team IRL in amazing locations (next stop: Colombia)