[Remote] Senior Software Engineer- Full Stack

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Careforth is a company that develops technology, coaching, and community resources to support family caregivers caring for loved ones at home. The Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack will build and scale the Careforth App Platform, developing secure and reliable back-end services, contributing to front-end features, and partnering across teams to deliver and observe platform improvements. The role also provides technical leadership, supports operational excellence, and mentors engineering team members.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable back-end features for the Careforth application platform, including RESTful API development and data modeling primarily in Golang and Python
• Contribute to basic front-end development using JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS when required to support seamless end-to-end delivery
• Ensure high-quality delivery by writing unit and integration tests, partnering effectively with QA, and deploying reliably within CI/CD environments
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices for performance, security, scalability, and reliability
• Complete complex assignments with architectural scope; provide technical leadership on critical back-end projects by driving design decisions, reviewing code, and raising engineering standards
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, foster collaboration, and ensure high-quality delivery throughout the software development lifecycle
• Design and develop integrations with external partners, including secure data exchange patterns and clear interface contracts
• Apply secure engineering practices across the stack (e.g., input validation, authentication/authorization patterns, secure dependency management, secrets handling, and least-privilege principles)
• Promote operational excellence by supporting production readiness (e.g., logging/metrics/tracing, monitoring/alerting, debugging, and root-cause analysis) and contributing to reliability improvements
• Mentor engineering team members and share expertise through pairing, code reviews, and technical guidance to promote technical growth
• Stay current with emerging technologies and recommend improvements to enhance platform performance and security
• Document complex systems, data flows, and specifications clearly and present them to technical and business stakeholders
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

• 7–10 years as a software developer with strong back-end experience and full-stack capability
• Minimum 5 years of experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs and designing scalable back-end architectures
• Proficiency in Golang and/or Python for back-end development (minimum 3 years)
• Experience with modern frameworks/libraries (e.g., Django, Gin, Gorm)
• Working proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS to contribute to front-end work when needed
• Solid understanding of performance optimization, concurrency, and scalability principles for systems
• Strong SQL and data modeling experience; PostgreSQL preferred
• Proficiency with Git and modern CI/CD workflows
• Familiarity with containerized deployments (Docker/Containerd) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Basic knowledge of Cloud environments and cloud-native patterns
• Experience with modern testing practices, including unit and integration testing
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Equivalent work experience
• React experience
• PostgreSQL
• Knowledge of caching and distributed messaging is a plus (e.g., Redis, RabbitMQ)
• GitHub Actions
• AWS
• Strong Linux fundamentals are a plus

Benefits

• Flexible schedules
• A remote-first culture
• A nationally recognized wellness program

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