Principal Software Engineer

Who We Are:

KarmaCheck is a dynamic technology startup headquartered in San Francisco and is founded by Eric Ly, a trailblazer in the internet industry and former Co-founder and CTO of LinkedIn. Our mission is clear: to revolutionize digital identity verification. We're disrupting the antiquated healthcare credentialing sector within the Background Check industry using our cutting-edge proprietary technology powered by automation, machine learning, and data. Our cost-effective solutions are helping shape the future of digital identity and contributing to the authenticity of the evolving digital landscape.

About the opportunity:

We are looking for an energetic Principal Software Engineer to join our rapidly expanding team of highly skilled, dedicated, and efficient developers. 

You will work in a fast-paced environment that is moving together with a common goal to provide the best solutions for our customers in markets desperate for innovation.

Day to day activity as a senior member of the team will be to design and implement solutions that enable the KarmaCheck platform to scale and perform while adding functionality and maintaining our high degree of security. Your knowledge and experience will be leveraged by acting as a mentor and guide to other engineers on the team and your work ethic will shine as you lead by example to continuously improve the product, technology, processes, and culture of the engineering organization

This is a 100% telecommute position with the rare exception of travel for company/team meetings and/or customer engagement.

What you'll do:

• Contribute as part of a cross functional agile team to build scalable APIs and web application features using Javascript/Typescript while meeting coding and security best practices.
• Design and build software with an eye towards modular, extensible, and scalable design.
• Participate in product discovery and lead design sessions with other members of the Product and Engineering organization.
• Enhance existing development processes with best practices for continuous integration, testing, and deployment.
• Act as a technical solution advisor to engineering and product management 
• Participate in production deployments.
• Troubleshoot production runtime issues that may arise throughout the entire system.
• Measure the effectiveness of new features, find and address performance issues, and drive continuous improvement.
• Participate in electronic communication channels on a constant basis as part of your daily work.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of relevant professional work experience
• 5+ years NodeJS
• 3+ years developing software on AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Cloudwatch, RDS, Fargate, etc)
• 2+ years experience with modern front-end frameworks (Vue, React, Angular, etc)
• 3+ years experience with SQL (preferably MySQL)
• Extensive experience in Server side communications and integrations with 3rd party APIs
• Skilled in leading projects and supporting less experienced engineers, encouraging a culture of innovation and continuous growth.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of effectively articulating technical challenges and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to adjust to changing priorities, as is common in a startup environment.
• Passionate about building great software with strong attention to detail and testing, ensuring quality without relying fully on a QA Engineer/Team for validation.

You’re a great addition to our team if…

• You have worked in a fast paced startup
• You've demonstrated success working in a remote engineering capacity, showing strong self-management and discipline.
• You are committed to creating and maintaining concise, clear documentation for code, architecture, and processes to ensure knowledge sharing and efficient team collaboration.
• You possess deep knowledge of asynchronous data integration patterns and approaches (e.g., Webhooks, Pub/Sub, Batch, Asynchronous Messaging, etc.).
• You have experience with Javascript API frameworks like NestJS.
• You have experience writing infrastructure as code using Serverless Framework.
• You have knowledge of security best practices in software development and the ability to implement security-first methodologies.
• You have experience with durable workflow execution frameworks like Temporal or Azure Durable Functions

Perks & Compensation:

• Become a key team member on the ground floor of a startup set to disrupt the background check industry and innovate digital identity.
• 100% remote work environment with only limited required travel
• Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, 401k, and EAP.
• Take the time to Check Yourself - we have an unlimited time off policy.
• The expected base compensation for this role is between $180,000 to $235,000 for work performed in the United States. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include seniority level, experience level, transferable skills, education, location, business needs, training, and market demands. This range may be modified in the future.

Disclaimer:

KarmaCheck is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for our employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status, or any other reason protected by law.