Spark Advisors - Staff Software Engineer
Requirements
• 8+ years of professional experience with either modern JS (Vue, React) or Python/backend web development, with meaningful hands-on experience in both • Comfort with ambiguity; ability to thrive in fast-paced environments • Product intuition and a track record of connecting technical investments to business outcomes and influencing roadmap decisions upstream of execution • Fluency with AI-powered development tools as part of your everyday workflow • Exceptional communication skills - able to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and vice versa • Demonstrated track record of leading architectural decisions at the domain level and shipping customer-facing products with technical excellence • Commitment to a growth-oriented team culture focused on learning, continuous improvement, and winning together • Experience working directly with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) • Expertise in Django or similar • Track record of defining technical strategy at the domain or team level • History of raising engineering standards through mentorship and code review culture
Responsibilities
• Deliver impactful full-stack features that benefit Medicare brokers and beneficiaries, while setting the quality bar for how the team builds • Partner closely with product and design leadership to shape scope, surface tradeoffs, and influence roadmap decisions • Own system-level decisions within your product domain, drive key system and architectural decisions that ensure our platform is set up for elegant solutions to our customers’ problems • Identify systemic sources of technical debt and own their resolution, balancing short-term velocity with long-term platform health • Establish and evolve engineering standards - from code review practices to system design principles - leading by example and mentoring engineers around you • Build with modern AI-powered developer tools that remove friction and let you focus on meaningful problems, and help us continue to grow how we use them across the team
Benefits
• By joining Spark, you will get in on the ground floor of a fast-moving, well-funded, and mission-driven startup where you will have a profound impact on the brokers and beneficiaries we serve. And you'll learn, grow, be challenged, and have fun with your team while doing it. • We strive to help you and your family thrive. We're committed to supporting your happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing a comprehensive benefits program. In addition to your base salary, we also offer: • Equity compensation • Health care, including dental and vision through our PEO Sequoia • Flexible work location; co-working available • Monthly Remote Work Stipend (help cover costs of home-office needs) • Paid Parental Leave • Up to 14 weeks for birthing parents • Up to 8 weeks for non-birth parents • 11 paid holidays • 2 week sabbatical at 5 years of employment • Wellbeing Perks through SpringHealth, OneMedical, PerkSpot, and SoFi • Compliance • Spark is a proud participant in E-Verify. As part of our commitment to compliance, we use the E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all employees working in the United States. For more information about E-Verify, please visit www.e-verify.gov. • Furthermore, for security and compliance requirements, we’re unable to accommodate international remote work. While we fully support travel and time off, all work must be conducted from an approved location within the U.S. • At Spark, we are committed to hiring the best team to serve our clients regardless of their background. We need diverse perspectives to reflect the diversity of our problems and the population we serve. We look to hire people from a variety of backgrounds, including, but not limited to, race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, disability, and veteran status. • AI Notice: We may use AI-enabled tools to assist with certain aspects of our hiring process. These tools do not replace human decision-making, and all employment decisions are made by qualified team members in compliance with applicable laws. • AI Notice:
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