Sr. Software Engineer II

The Senior Software Engineer II positioned in New York, NY with remote work options leads complex technical initiatives on the Nliven platform and drives engineering excellence in a distributed environment. This role requires expertise in .NET Core, full-stack frontend, SRE/DevOps practices, mentoring, and end-to-end delivery.

Responsibilities

• Steer sizable, complex initiatives from ideation to deployment, partnering with product managers, designers, and engineers across multiple pods.
• Develop clean, reusable, and maintainable solutions across the full technology stack with emphasis on security, scalability, efficiency, and sustainable design.
• Lead technical discussions with product and design teams to architect solutions aligned with business goals and long-term technical strategy.
• Produce and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams, API contracts, and roadmaps.
• Oversee code reviews and mentor engineers across teams, ensuring adherence to engineering best practices and architectural patterns.
• Define and promote coding standards, best practices, and design principles across the engineering organization.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and reliability issues, delivering solutions that improve DORA metrics.
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies, assessing their adoption and integration into the platform.
• Act as a technical mentor across multiple teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning, quality, and technical excellence.
• Lead architectural discussions and contribute to strategic roadmaps and platform evolution.
• Address highly complex challenges in performance, scalability, security, and system design across multiple domains.
• Collaborate with product teams to design features from concept through production, including instrumentation, observability, monitoring, and iterative improvement from user feedback.
• Drive efforts to enhance developer experience through tooling improvements, CI/CD optimization, infrastructure upgrades, and onboarding processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, executive leadership, and cross-functional teams to ensure engineering outcomes deliver strong business value and user experience.
• Advocate shipping in small, complete vertical slices supported by trunk-based development and feature flags, avoiding large, risky releases.
• Lead incident response efforts and promote accountability, shared ownership, and continuous improvement through participation in incident reviews and reliability initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Seven or more years of full stack software development in a SaaS or technology-driven environment.
• Proficiency with modern frontend frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue.
• Strong front-end skills including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Solid back-end and API experience with .NET Core.
• Deep understanding of SQL databases and data modeling best practices.
• Familiarity with Agile frameworks and methodologies.
• Strong foundation in computer science concepts.

Technologies

• .NET Core
• React
• Angular
• Vue
• SQL databases
• JIRA
• Slack
• Microsoft Office
• Google Suite

Benefits

• Base annual salary between $130,000 and $150,000, commensurate with experience
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus based on individual and company performance
• 100 percent premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents, with an HSA-eligible option and a $1,000 employer contribution in 2026
• Company-paid life insurance
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans
• Paid parental leave
• Learning and development reimbursement for eligible educational expenses
• Opportunities to work from abroad
• Volunteer days off
• Flexible scheduling
• Up to $300 reimbursement for initial equipment to establish a hybrid work environment
• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
• Remote work environment

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities required for the role. Duties may change at any time with or without notice.