Senior Software Engineer

Location: Remote/Hybrid (Los Gatos, CA)

Senior Software Engineer – Application & Platform Development

About the Role

We are seeking an accomplished Software Engineer to join our ID Technology team, developing backend systems, APIs

,

 and tools that support some of the largest and most high-traffic sites on the internet.  As part of a small, high-performing team of experienced engineers, you will champion best in class tools and practices across the organization as you maintain and extend a mature and successful codebase while helping drive the design, development, and delivery of our next generation applications and platform services.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect & Build

  robust, performant, scalable, and observable services using primarily 
  C#/.NET

  and
  Go

  , while ensuring clean, maintainable code.

• Design and manage solutions leveraging databases such as
  MongoDB

  ,
  SQL Server,

  and
  PostgreSQL,

  and message queue systems such as 
  ActiveMQ, AWS SNS,

   and
  AWS

   
  SQS

  .

• Develop and maintain
  IaC

  (Infrastructure as Code) using
  OpenTofu

  /Terraform, particularly for provisioning on
  AWS

  (S3, EC2, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, etc.).

• Write and maintain automation scripts in
  Python

  for CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and operational tasks.

• Leverage 
  Docker

   (including Compose) and mocks for containerized deployments, as well as repeatable and one-off local testing.

• Make intelligent use of 
  AI

   coding assistants, pair programmers and agents. Leverage AI platforms for brainstorming, design and analysis.

• Embrace troubleshooting and development challenges with composure and positivity.  Must be able to thrive in a dynamic environment with changing priorities.

• Lead code reviews, enforce coding standards, and drive quality through automated testing, static analysis, and dependency vulnerability scanning.

• Partner with Product, Operations, Client Services, and Engineering teams to review specifications and designs, define acceptance criteria, ensure release readiness, and help troubleshoot production incidents.

• Mentor engineers, foster a collaborative culture, and provide technical guidance and career development support.

• Stay current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices; evaluate and introduce tools that improve productivity, reliability, and performance.

• Create and maintain product documentation and developer docs

• Clearly communicate status and open issues

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

• 7+ years of professional software development.

Languages

• Expert level proficiency in
  C#/.NET

  and working knowledge of 
  Go

  .

Databases

• Strong hands-on experience with
  MongoDB

  and relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL).

Cloud

• Deep knowledge of
  AWS

  services (S3, EC2/ECS, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, etc.)

Infrastructure as Code

• Experience with
  OpenTofu/Terraform

  for provisioning and managing cloud resources.

Observability

• Implementing
  OpenTelemetry

  (tracing, metrics, logs) in distributed systems.

Containers

• Containerization with
  Docker

   and local container orchestration with 
  Docker Compose

  .

• Experience with 
  Nomad

   and 
  Consul

   a plus.

Scripting

• Proficient in
  Python

  for automation, tooling, and data analysis/manipulation.

• Unix shell scripting.

AI

• Experience with (but not reliance on) mainstream AI design and coding tools.

Additional

• Experience with
  Rust, NodeJS, React

  a plus.

Soft Skills

• Excellent written and oral 
  communication

  , 
  analytical thinking

  , 
  problem solving

  , and 
  teamwork

  .

• Ability to influence and drive consensus within and across teams.

• Comfortable and productive working both independently and collaboratively in a small team.

Leadership

• Demonstrated ability to mentor/share knowledge with other engineers, conduct effective code reviews, and champion engineering best practices.

Preferred Extras

• Experience with
  CI/CD

  platforms (Bamboo preferred).

• Knowledge of
  security best practices

  in cloud and application development.

• Familiarity with audio and other media formats.

• Experience with the music industry / music licensing.