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murmuration

Senior Software Engineer

murmuration

. Design, build, and evolve systems and services powering the Organizer platform .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $190,576 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining backend software, with a strong focus on APIs, databases, and architectural tradeoffs. Proven ability to mentor others and improve engineering practices while collaborating effectively across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Backend Software DevelopmentAPI Design and MaintenanceRelational and NoSQL DatabasesTechnical Leadership and MentorshipCI/CD Practices

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Hard Skills
Backend Software DevelopmentAPI DesignGraphQLData ModelingDebugging Complex ProblemsJavaScriptTypeScriptEvent-Driven ArchitecturesDistributed ServicesMonitoring and Observability
Soft Skills
Strong Written CommunicationStrong Verbal CommunicationCollaboration Across DisciplinesMentorshipProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
MongoDBAWSCI/CD ToolsProduction LoggingMonitoring Tools
Industry Keywords
Software Design PrinciplesArchitectural TradeoffsProduction EnvironmentsIncident ManagementDeveloper Experience

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSGraphQLJavaScriptMongoDBNoSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design, build, and evolve systems and services powering the Organizer platform
  • Tackle complex technical challenges and help shape architectural decisions
  • Keep backend systems reliable, scalable, maintainable, and secure
  • Own problems from discovery through deployment and production
  • Partner with Product, Design, Engineering, and other stakeholders to turn ideas and requirements into effective solutions
  • Share expertise and raise the technical effectiveness of other engineers
  • Understand problems being solved and remain engaged through production
  • Evaluate alternatives, identify tradeoffs, and recommend appropriate solutions
  • Identify missing information, ask questions, and move ambiguous work forward
  • Consider effects of decisions on reliability, maintainability, other services, and future engineering work
  • Share context, provide feedback, mentor others, and improve engineering practices
  • Surface risks, uncertainty, dependencies, and changing assumptions early
  • Improve reliability, documentation, testing, observability, and developer experience

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Proven experience designing, developing, and maintaining backend software in production environments
  • Strong understanding of software design principles and ability to evaluate architectural tradeoffs
  • Proven experience designing and maintaining APIs, such as GraphQL, distributed services, and data-intensive applications
  • Proven experience debugging complex problems across services, infrastructure, and data
  • Strong understanding of relational and/or NoSQL databases, including MongoDB, data modeling, and query performance
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Proven experience collaborating across Engineering, Product, and other disciplines
  • Familiarity with incident management and production logging, monitoring, and observability
  • Familiarity with CI/CD practices and modern deployment environments
  • Demonstrated mentorship and technical leadership in team settings
  • Experience building modern JavaScript/TypeScript solutions
  • Experience working with event-driven or distributed architectures, such as AWS
  • Formal degree optional; candidates from nontraditional or retraining paths welcomed

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance with 100% of premiums covered for you and qualifying family members
  • Retirement benefits with a 5% employer match
  • Flexible unlimited PTO plan
  • Generous paid parental leave
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Company laptop
  • Flexible remote work environment
  • Home office setup stipend for all new employees
  • Monthly reimbursement for remote work expenses
  • Yearly professional development fund
  • Mental health and wellness benefits through Calm and Better Help
  • Yearly in-person staff retreats
  • Culture that celebrates diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging