Senior Software Engineer — AI Platform & Full-Stack

Socket.dev; South Portland (ME); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Long-term financial benefits

Employee equity

401(k)

Unlimited paid time off

Paid sick time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a highly driven, product-minded Senior Software Engineer to help build the future of AI-powered customer communication. You will design, build, and maintain core product functionality across our platform, spanning backend services to frontend experiences.

This role is critical to our success. As a key member of a small, high-performing engineering team, you will have significant ownership over product development, technical decision-making, and platform scalability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong full-stack development experience with Python and React.
• Experience building and deploying production software applications.
• Experience with AI, LLMs, or machine learning-powered products.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, API design, and scalable systems.
• Experience with CI/CD, deployment automation, and modern software development practices.
• Experience with PostgreSQL.
• Experience with observability, infrastructure-as-code, or release engineering.
• Experience with security best practices and secure software development.
• Eligible to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Build & Ship Product Features
• Design, develop, and deploy full-stack product features across our platform
• Build backend services using Python and FastAPI
• Develop frontend functionality using React
• Own projects from technical design through deployment and ongoing maintenance
• Collaborate closely with Product and Leadership to deliver customer value quickly
• Build AI-Powered Experiences
• Develop and improve LLM-powered functionality throughout the platform
• Design integrations, orchestration systems, evaluation frameworks, and supporting infrastructure
• Help improve reliability, performance, quality, and cost efficiency of AI-powered features
• Stay current on emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve our platform
• Drive Engineering Excellence
• Serve as a strong code reviewer and technical thought partner for the engineering team
• Help establish and maintain high standards for code quality, testing, and system reliability
• Identify technical debt and opportunities for long-term improvement
• Contribute to engineering best practices and development workflows
• Support Platform Scalability & Reliability
• Help build and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and release processes
• Support monitoring, observability, and production reliability initiatives
• Contribute to security, access controls, and secure development practices
• Help ensure the platform remains scalable, maintainable, and resilient as the company grows
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally
• Partner with Product, Customer Success, and Leadership to understand customer needs and priorities
• Provide technical guidance and insight during product planning and roadmap discussions
• Support troubleshooting and resolution of complex technical issues when needed
• Help mentor and elevate other members of the engineering team

Skills

Python

React

Full-stack development

AI / LLMs

API design

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Observability / IaC

Security best practices

Cloud (Azure / AWS)

Tools

FastAPI

Django

Flask

Azure

Job description

Socket.dev is seeking a highly driven, product-minded Senior Software Engineer to help build the future of AI-powered customer communication. You will design, build, and maintain core product functionality across our platform, spanning backend services to frontend experiences.

This role is critical to our success. As a key member of a small, high-performing engineering team, you will have significant ownership over product development, technical decision-making, and platform scalability.