Senior Software Engineer - AI-Driven, Scalable Systems

LifeCare Advocates; Newton (MA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive compensation

Job summary

LifeCare Advocates is seeking exceptional engineers to help shape the foundation of our product and culture. As a first core engineer, you’ll own architecture, technology direction, and scaling across React frontend, Java backend, and AWS infrastructure.

You will collaborate with the CTO and founders, driving technical excellence, mentorship, and rapid delivery of high-impact features in a fast-moving startup environment.

Qualifications

• Strong full-stack experience with Java (Spring Boot, Micronaut, or equivalent) and React.
• Deep understanding of scalability in distributed systems, performance optimization, caching, and database design.
• Hands-on AWS experience (EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3) and DevOps best practices.
• Self-starter mindset who thrives with autonomy, owns outcomes, and moves fast.
• Curiosity and growth mindset; you experiment, learn quickly, and adapt technologies as the product evolves.
• Expertise with AI-assisted development; leveraging tools that amplify productivity and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build end-to-end features across the stack (React frontend, Java-based backend, AWS infrastructure).
• Architect scalable systems capable of handling high user traffic and complex data flows.
• Leverage AI tools to augment and write, test, and ship code faster and smarter.
• Collaborate closely with CTO, founders and product to define and deliver new capabilities.
• Drive technical excellence to improve code quality, scalability, observability, and developer velocity.
• Shape our engineering culture through mentorship, tooling choices, and processes that balance speed and quality.

Skills

Full-stack Java/React

Java Spring Boot

React frontend

Distributed systems

AWS

DevOps

AI-assisted development

Tools

AWS

Job description

LifeCare Advocates is seeking exceptional engineers to help shape the foundation of our product and culture. As a first core engineer, you’ll own architecture, technology direction, and scaling across React frontend, Java backend, and AWS infrastructure.

You will collaborate with the CTO and founders, driving technical excellence, mentorship, and rapid delivery of high-impact features in a fast-moving startup environment.