LaunchCapital · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer (REMOTE)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$120K/yr - $150K/yr
5+ years expLaunchCapital is a company that focuses on connecting excellent talent with portfolio companies. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to make a significant impact on Traackr's influencer marketing platform by designing and evolving distributed backend systems and owning the complete development process from problem framing to production operations.
ConsumerInformation TechnologyMedical DevicePublishing
Responsibilities
Own backend features end-to-end: discovery, design, implementation, rollout, and long-term reliability/operations
Design and evolve distributed systems (services, pipelines, data stores) with strong performance, scalability, and resiliency
Build and maintain APIs (REST/GraphQL, where relevant) and data access patterns supporting analytics and search use cases
Establish strong engineering fundamentals: code reviews, testing strategies, incident readiness, and operational excellence
Apply an experimentation-first approach: define hypotheses, define success metrics/guardrails, run controlled rollouts and A/B tests when appropriate, and write clear readouts for stakeholders
Bring evaluation discipline to AI-assisted work: treat prompts/configs like versioned artifacts, design regression tests, measure quality changes, and monitor for drift (the same way you would for performance or correctness)
Use GenAI productively and responsibly (for coding assistance, debugging, and design reviews), while maintaining high standards for correctness, security, and privacy
Mentor teammates and raise the bar through documentation, pairing, and lightweight coaching on best practices
Qualification
Required
5+ years building and scaling backend systems (distributed systems experience expected at senior level)
Strong JVM fundamentals; ability to troubleshoot and performance-tune production services
Production experience with Kotlin (functional/reactive patterns a strong plus)
Strong SQL + data modeling skills (PostgreSQL; familiarity with jOOQ or similar)
Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka) and cloud deployment on AWS; containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across functions
Comfort with AI-assisted engineering and the discipline to validate outcomes (tests, metrics, evaluation) rather than trusting outputs blindly
Preferred
Search/retrieval systems (Elasticsearch/Lucene)
GraphQL
Workflow/orchestration (Argo/Airflow), Terraform/Ansible, Grafana dashboards
Working with external social APIs (TikTok/YouTube/Facebook)
Data-driven systems at scale
Benefits
Remote Work Options with Hybrid Flexibility and Home Office Set-Up Stipend
Coworking Office Subscription for Collaborative Spaces
Health, Dental, and Life Insurance Coverage
Open Vacation Policy and Flexible Holiday Schedule to Suit Your Needs
Paid Parental Leave to Support Quality Time with Your Loved Ones
Career Development, including Internal and External Training Opportunities
Company
LaunchCapital
LaunchCapital is focused on entrepreneurs at the seed stage.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase