Software Developer - L5

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Developer - L5 based in the United States.

This role offers the opportunity to define technical direction and influence engineering practices across multiple teams. You will work on complex, high-impact software challenges while shaping scalable architectures and platform capabilities. The position requires a senior technical leader who can balance hands-on development with strategic engineering decisions. You will help build reliable, secure, and innovative systems while mentoring engineers and elevating technical standards. Working in a collaborative and remote environment, you will partner with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that create lasting business impact. This is a chance to contribute to the future of modern software development through architecture, automation, and AI-driven innovation.

Accountabilities:: The Software Developer - L5 will provide technical leadership across engineering teams by driving architecture decisions, establishing best practices, and delivering scalable solutions. This role requires a combination of deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence teams beyond direct ownership areas.

Define technical direction, standards, and architectural patterns adopted across multiple engineering teams.

Design and develop complex distributed systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.

Lead cross-team technical initiatives and represent engineering in broader technical and business discussions.

Architect platform-level solutions, including high-availability systems, cloud infrastructure, and service-oriented architectures.

Create reusable knowledge through documentation, tooling, engineering practices, and technical guidance.

Mentor senior developers, support technical growth, and help develop future engineering leaders.

Drive organization-wide improvements by identifying opportunities, evaluating tradeoffs, and delivering strategic technical initiatives.

Establish effective approaches for leveraging AI-assisted development tools and AI-powered capabilities while maintaining quality and security standards.

Promote strong engineering practices through thoughtful code reviews, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

Research emerging technologies, assess their value, and guide adoption of solutions that improve engineering effectiveness.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience designing and delivering large-scale software systems, along with the ability to influence technical strategy across multiple teams. This position requires advanced engineering knowledge, strong leadership skills, and a passion for building innovative and reliable technology solutions.

Deep expertise in one or more programming languages and ecosystems such as C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python.

Proven experience architecting distributed systems designed for horizontal scalability and resilience.

Strong cloud architecture experience with platforms such as Azure and/or AWS, including infrastructure-as-code practices.

Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging systems, and distributed systems patterns.

Advanced API design and security expertise, including OAuth and scalable service integrations.

Strong data modeling skills with expertise in SQL, relational databases, and evaluating alternative data storage solutions.

Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies such as blue-green deployments, canary releases, and feature flags.

Knowledge of observability practices, including metrics, logging, tracing, SLIs, and SLOs.

Experience integrating AI and large language model capabilities into production environments.

Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers and lead technical strategy across multiple teams.

Strong experience participating in code reviews and providing constructive technical feedback.

Typical experience includes a Bachelor’s degree with approximately 12 years of experience, a Master’s degree with approximately 8 years, a PhD with approximately 5 years, or equivalent demonstrated technical impact.

Experience with vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic AI patterns is a plus.

Experience with multi-region architectures, high availability, disaster recovery, UI design systems, integrations, automation, technical writing, or open-source contributions is beneficial.

Benefits:

Competitive base salary range of $145,000–$225,000, with bonus eligibility.

Fully remote work environment with flexibility and autonomy.

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Mental health benefits and wellness support.

Company-paid group life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.

Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options.

401(k) plan with company match eligibility from the first day of employment.

Paid time off plan aligned with applicable leave requirements.

11 paid holidays.

Two paid volunteer time off days.

Community and social events that encourage connection and engagement.

Additional voluntary benefits, including critical illness, cancer protection, hospital coverage, and pet insurance.

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