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Senior Engineer (Product)

Later · Boston, MA · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteEngineering$125k–$205k/yrFull-time

About the role

The Senior Engineer is responsible for driving large-scale projects, delivering impactful features, and maintaining high engineering standards. You'll solve complex problems, collaborate across teams, and mentor junior engineers while continuously improving our codebases and fostering a culture of technical excellence.

What you'll do

  • Strategy: Scope, plan, and lead delivery of large-scale features and roadmap initiatives.
  • Navigate ambiguous requirements and competing interests to deliver features that delight users.
  • Contribute to long-term architectural planning and system design.
  • Technical / Execution: Lead technical problem-solving for complex, cross-team challenges and production issues.
  • Ensure scalable and maintainable solutions across both frontend and backend systems.
  • Collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams to align on priorities and delivery.
  • Participate actively in meetings, providing input that drives clarity and shared understanding.
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure features meet user and business needs.
  • Research / Best practices: Stay current on emerging technologies, frameworks, and architectures.
  • Promote Agile best practices and contribute to evolving team workflows (Scrum/Kanban).
  • Share insights on industry trends and competitor approaches to inform product and engineering strategy.

What success looks like

  • Successful delivery of complex, high-impact features that advance business goals.
  • Improved stability, scalability, and maintainability of the codebase.
  • Junior engineers consistently leveling up under your mentorship.
  • High trust and collaboration with cross-functional partners.
  • Recognition as a technical leader and problem-solver across the organization.

What you bring

  • 7–10 years of progressive software engineering experience (leadership required)
  • In-depth knowledge of modern software development practices and architectures
  • Strong track record of scoping, delivering, and evolving large-scale features
  • Experience with both frontend and backend technologies (polyglot mindset preferred)
  • Proficiency in Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) and project delivery
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for all audiences
  • Strategic problem-solving ability with adaptability in fast-changing environments
  • A passion for mentoring and a commitment to fostering a culture of excellence

How you work

  • Driven by Impact: You deliver results that matter—prioritizing high-value work, meeting deadlines, and adapting quickly while keeping outcomes clear.
  • Strategic & Customer-Centric: You anticipate risks and opportunities, connect decisions to long-term growth, and build trust through proactive insights.
  • Curious & Growth-Oriented: You seek knowledge, ask sharp questions, and apply learnings fast—challenging the status quo with a mindset of improvement.
  • Collaborative & Resilient: You thrive in change by staying resourceful, solution-focused, and positive—removing roadblocks, sharing insights, and keeping morale high.
  • Accountable & Honest: You own your work, hold yourself and others to a high bar, and use transparent feedback to drive growth.
  • Emotionally Intelligent: You build trust through empathy and collaboration, foster inclusion, and inspire others with grit, optimism, and integrity.

Skills, experience and other factors

  • Skills: In-depth knowledge of modern software development practices and architectures, strong track record of scoping, delivering, and evolving large-scale features, experience with both frontend and backend technologies, proficiency in Agile methodologies, excellent communication skills, strategic problem-solving ability, passion for mentoring.
  • Experience: 7–10 years of progressive software engineering experience (leadership required), experience with both frontend and backend technologies, proficiency in Agile methodologies, excellent communication skills, strategic problem-solving ability, passion for mentoring.

Our approach to compensation

We take a market-based & data-driven approach to compensation. We leverage data from trusted third-party compensation sources to help us understand the market value of a role based on function, level, geographic location, and scope. We evaluate compensation bi-annually, including performance and market-related factors. Our salaries are benchmarked against market Total Cash Compensation for the geographic location of our job posting. Compensation for some roles is structured as On Target Earnings (OTE = base + commission/variable) while for others it is structured as Salary only. The salary range listed for this role reflects the zones that applies to the location of this posting. To comply with local legislation and ensure transparency, we share salary ranges on all job postings.

Diversity, inclusion, and accessibility

We are committed to fostering a culture rooted in an inclusion-first mindset at every level of the company, embracing the importance of hiring and building teams for culture add rather than culture fit. We openly build and maintain unbiased hiring, pay, and promotion practices to create a foundation for an equitable workplace, paving the way for systemic change. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or age. Please let us know if you require any accommodations or support during the recruitment process.

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