second-nature - Staff Software Engineer (Backend-focused)

Remote - United States$175k - $185k3w ago

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Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong background in software design and architecture. • Experience using AI coding tools (like Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, etc.) in your daily workflow, with genuine excitement about where agentic AI is headed for software development. • Deep knowledge of software architecture patterns and design (e.g., microservices, distributed systems, hexagonal architecture, domain driven design, etc). • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. • We get it. Requirements can sometimes hold people back from applying to a job, but don’t let that be the case here. If you believe you have the skills it takes to elevate this role, team, and company, we encourage you to apply for this role. • Our Core Values • 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Ship; not a cruise ship. Bias towards action. • 💪 Massive Growth takes massive growth. We embrace challenges to increase our impact. • 🥧 Grow the Pie. We focus on results so our customers & their customers win. Triple Win! • 💜 Purple Heart. We put the team before ourselves. • 🤝 Extreme Ownership. See something? Say something; right the ship to get us on course. • 🙌 Be a moment maker. We aim to shatter the status quo. • Remote Work Statement • This position is a remote-first, work from home position. Second Nature is committed to creating a culture and workplace where remote work fosters collaboration and connections and is a key part of our company story and success. To be successful in a remote work role at Second Nature you must: • Be available during your scheduled working hours and give your full attention to the completion of your Second Nature job duties • Have a quiet, professional, distraction-free environment in which to complete your work • Have access to your own reliable high-speed internet connection • Attend our bi-annual in-person company meetings (Second Nature will reimburse the cost of your business travel per company guidelines)

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture, and development of high-performance, scalable software systems • Write, test, and maintain high-quality code, ensuring it meets both functional and non-functional requirements. • Contribute to architectural decisions, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability of software systems. • Uphold coding standards, best practices, and guidelines while conducting code reviews to ensure high-quality software. • Analyze and resolve complex technical issues, optimizing code and improving system performance. • Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions. • Drive continuous improvements in code quality, development processes, and team efficiency. • Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams and API specifications. Communicate technical decisions and strategies clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders • Participate in agile development processes, including sprint planning, stand-up meetings, and retrospectives. • Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation • Backend services and APIs that ship on schedule and hold up in production, with defects caught in review or test rather than by customers. • Clean, well-tested code that other engineers can pick up and extend without a translation layer, raising the bar for maintainability across the codebase. • A continuous delivery pipeline and monitoring setup that stays healthy, supporting trunk-based development so the team deploys with confidence instead of caution. • Product ideas translated into working technical solutions, with design and product partners who see you as a reliable thought partner early in the process rather than a downstream implementer.

Benefits

• $175K – $185K • Offers Equity • Our compensation philosophy is designed to attract, retain, and motivate top talent by offering competitive and fair pay that reflects individual contributions, company performance, and market conditions. We believe in rewarding performance, promoting internal equity, and offering a total rewards package that supports our employees’ well-being and career growth. • Please note: to ensure that candidates select the most relevant jobs for their skills, we have set up limits to the number of times candidates can apply. The following limits apply to all roles at Second Nature: • Candidates may not apply more than 3 times in any 60 day span for any job. • Candidates may not re-apply to the same role within 60 days if not presented with an offer. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • or drag and drop here • None; want to learn • Less than one year • None; want to learn • Less than one year • None; Want to learn. • Less than one year • Less than one year • None; want to learn • Less than one year • None; want to learn • Less than one year • Be available during your scheduled working hours and give your full attention to the completion of your Second Nature job duties • Have a quiet, professional, distraction-free environment in which to complete your work • Have access to your own reliable high-speed internet connection • Attend our bi-annual in-person company meetings (Second Nature will reimburse the cost of your business travel per company guidelines)