Senior Software Engineer

Strivanta Technologies; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Strivanta Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver modern software systems across client engagements. This role blends hands-on engineering with architecture decisions and long-term quality responsibility.

You'll collaborate with engineers, designers, cloud specialists, consultants, and client teams to build maintainable frontend, backend, API, and platform capabilities, review code, and improve testing and observability.

Qualifications

• Proven production software development experience.
• Strong understanding of modern application architectures.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly.
• Comfort working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with automated testing and version control.

Responsibilities

• Design and build maintainable frontend, backend, API, and platform capabilities.
• Contribute to architecture and technical design decisions.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, cloud specialists, consultants, and client teams.
• Review code and provide constructive technical feedback.
• Help improve testing, reliability, observability, security, and delivery practices.
• Investigate technical problems and evaluate practical implementation options.
• Contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing across project teams.
• Mentor less experienced engineers through collaboration and leadership.

Skills

Software engineering

Architecture design

Frontend development

Backend development

API design

Code review

Testing

Observability

Mentoring

Job description

Work across modern applications, APIs, platforms, architecture, quality, and engineering foundations while helping teams build software that can evolve over time.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you would contribute to the design and delivery of modern software systems across client engagements. The role combines hands-on engineering with architecture, technical decision-making, collaboration, and responsibility for the long-term quality of the systems being built.

The Work

Where the role spends its time

• Modern web and application platforms


• Backend services and APIs


• Engineering quality and developer experience


• Cloud-connected software systems


• Reusable technical foundations

The Role

What you'll work on

• Design and build maintainable frontend, backend, API, and platform capabilities.


• Contribute to architecture and technical design decisions.


• Work closely with engineers, designers, cloud specialists, consultants, and client teams.


• Review code and provide constructive technical feedback.


• Help improve testing, reliability, observability, security, and delivery practices.


• Investigate technical problems and evaluate practical implementation options.


• Contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing across project teams.


• Support less experienced engineers through collaboration and mentoring.

Experience

What we're looking for

• Strong professional software engineering experience.


• Experience designing and building production software systems.


• Solid understanding of modern application architecture and API design.


• Experience working with automated testing and version control.


• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly.


• Comfort working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.


• Ability to reason about maintainability, reliability, and technical trade-offs.

Additional Experience

Helpful, but not necessarily required

• Experience with cloud-native applications.


• Experience with platform engineering or developer tooling.


• Experience working in consulting or client-facing environments.


• Experience mentoring engineers or contributing to technical leadership.


• Exposure to security, observability, or distributed systems.

Technology

Technologies and areas relevant to the role

What We Offer

What you can expect

• Opportunities to work on meaningful technology problems.


• Collaboration with experienced multidisciplinary practitioners.


• Room to deepen technical expertise and broaden your perspective.


• Meaningful ownership appropriate to your experience.


• A working culture focused on clarity, quality, learning, and constructive feedback.

Hiring Process

How we hire for this role

• 01 Application and initial review


• 02 Introductory conversation


• 03 Role-relevant technical or professional discussion


• 05 Final decision and employment discussion