Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Community Building
Summary
Build full-stack social features and engagement systems for a media platform, shaping user interactions and growth mechanics across web and mobile.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Community Building based in the United States.
This role offers the opportunity to join a newly formed product team focused on creating innovative community-driven experiences that encourage engagement, connection, and long-term user habits.
You will build the technology behind social features, growth mechanics, and interactive experiences designed to reach millions of users.
Working in a highly collaborative and fast-moving environment, you will have significant ownership over architecture, implementation, and product direction.
The role combines full-stack engineering expertise with a strong understanding of user behavior, engagement loops, and scalable systems.
You will partner closely with product and design leaders to transform ideas into impactful customer experiences.
This is an opportunity to shape a product ecosystem from the ground up while using modern engineering practices and AI-assisted development tools to accelerate innovation.
Accountabilities:
The Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer will own the development of community-building capabilities and scalable product experiences from concept through production. This role requires strong technical ownership, product thinking, and the ability to move quickly in a high-trust environment.
- Design, build, and maintain full-stack features including APIs, backend services, client applications, and user-facing experiences.
- Develop engagement-focused systems such as referral mechanisms, social sharing flows, engagement loops, social graphs, and real-time interactions.
- Own features end-to-end, including architecture decisions, data modeling, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
- Build and deliver production features across mobile and web platforms, adapting between technologies based on business needs.
- Define analytics instrumentation and use customer data to measure performance, optimize experiences, and guide iteration.
- Partner closely with product, design, and executive stakeholders to translate concepts into impactful solutions.
- Establish and maintain strong engineering standards while contributing to technical decisions that shape the future of the platform.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, accelerate learning, and enhance engineering workflows.
- Operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with significant autonomy and responsibility for outcomes.
- Proven experience building and scaling consumer-facing products, especially those involving social features, engagement systems, referrals, notifications, feeds, or real-time interactions.
- Strong full-stack engineering experience with the ability to own features across backend, frontend, and client applications.
- Experience designing data models, APIs, production systems, and customer-facing experiences from initial concept to launch.
- Demonstrated ability to ship products across multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, or Web environments.
- Experience working with technologies such as Swift, Kotlin, React Native, TypeScript, Dart, Python, or similar modern development frameworks.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability, performance, and production reliability.
- Experience using analytics, experimentation, and customer insights to improve product outcomes.
- Comfortable working independently, managing ambiguity, and driving projects from idea to completion.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools and the ability to integrate them effectively into development workflows.
- A track record of building side projects, open-source contributions, games, or other self-driven technical initiatives is highly valued.
- Competitive compensation range of approximately $174,800–$205,700 per year, plus potential variable compensation.
- Equity opportunities and additional discretionary bonus programs may be available depending on role and eligibility.
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, financial, and wellness-related programs.
- 401(k) eligibility and retirement savings support.
- Paid time off benefits, including vacation, sick leave, and parental leave.
- Opportunity to work remotely while collaborating with a highly skilled, product-focused engineering team.
- Significant ownership and impact within a growing technology organization.
- Opportunity to build products used by millions of customers and contribute to meaningful financial wellness solutions.
- Access to modern engineering practices and AI-enabled development tools.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate is a senior engineer with experience building scalable consumer products, strong full-stack capabilities, and a passion for creating technology that drives meaningful user engagement.