Senior Software Engineer - Digital Experience Team

IPSY; Santa Monica (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid Time Off

Work from home flexibility

Free IPSY Extra subscription

Learning & development programs

Job summary

IPSY is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Digital Experience team. You’ll build shared platform components using Next.js, TypeScript, and ChakraUI, while shaping gateway services with Kong and scripting in Lua.

You’ll collaborate with Infrastructure, SRE, and security teams to deliver scalable solutions for IPSY subscribers across our beauty programs. You’ll also own observability and analytics work with Datadog, Statsig, and Amplitude, and contribute to AI enablement within the

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing platform or full‑stack applications in JavaScript/TypeScript, with Next.js and React.
• Hands‑on experience with Kong API Gateway, including LUA scripting.
• Experience with AWS, CI/CD (Jenkins), and deployments on Netlify or Vercel, with Infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain shared components, libraries, and services using Next.js / TypeScript / ChakraUI to scale frontend teams.
• Oversee and optimize Kong API Gateway services, including LUA scripting, with cloud deployments across AWS, Netlify, and Jenkins.
• Build and support the mobile application ecosystem (React Native) ensuring platform reliability across customer surfaces.
• Implement and improve monitoring with Datadog for health, visibility, and incident response.
• Build and evolve analytics/experimentation platforms with Statsig and Amplitude.
• Drive performance improvements across services and surfaces for reliability and user experience at scale.
• Contribute to AI enablement across the platform with safe tooling and patterns.

Skills

Next.js

TypeScript

React

Kong API Gateway

LUA scripting

AWS

CI/CD (Jenkins)

Netlify

Vercel

Datadog

Statsig

Amplitude

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Chakra UI

Storybook

React Native

Job description

About Us

Join us in inspiring everyone to express their unique beauty.

Join us in inspiring everyone to express their unique beauty. IPSY is the beauty industry’s most powerful platform, uniting brands, creators, and hyper‑engaged consumers with unprecedented access to each other through the ultimate beauty membership. Home to sample‑size subscription IPSY Original, full‑size subscription IPSY Extra, and quarterly, limited‑edition collection IPSY Ultimate, we curate beauty for millions of members so they can play, explore, and express their unique beauty every day. We think self‑discovery, self‑expression, and confidence are beautiful. Agree? Then join us! Explore careers and learn more about our values, culture, and benefits across all our brands: IPSY Careers.

We're proud to be a remote‑first company. Our fully remote team members have the chance to live and work where they want, because we believe work should fit into your life—not the other way around. We offer monthly virtual activities, company‑wide offsites, professional development, and learning sessions, to help our team members stay connected, engaged, and impactful while working virtually.

United States Remote

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About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Digital Experience team (EDP). The team builds shared foundations — libraries, gateway services, mobile platform support, observability, experimentation/analytics, and AI enablement — that help Frontend and product teams ship reliably at scale for millions of IPSY subscribers across IPSY subscription programs (Original, Extra, Ultimate). You will design, build, and support modern platform solutions in Next.js / TypeScript / Chakra, Kong API Gateway, and React Native, partnering with Infrastructure, SRE, InfoSec, MarTech, and Frontend teams on IPSY's modern platform stack. This is a platform engineering role for a strong TypeScript/React engineer who also wants breadth across gateway services, mobile, observability, analytics, performance, and AI enablement.

This position reports to an Engineering Manager and can be fully remote (only from one of the 16 U.S. states where IPSY has a business presence - see above for list).

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, develop, and maintain shared components, libraries, and common services using Next.js / TypeScript / CharkraUI, enabling Frontend teams to build and scale efficiently.
• Oversee and optimize Kong API Gateway services, including LUA scripting, and partner with Infrastructure on cloud deployments across AWS, Netlify, and Jenkins to ensure secure, reliable system performance.
• Build and support the mobile application ecosystem (React Native), ensuring platform reliability across customer-facing surfaces.
• Implement and improve monitoring and observability capabilities using Datadog to maintain system health, operational visibility, and incident response.
• Build and evolve the experimentation and analytics platform, enabling product teams to measure engagement, run experiments, and make data‑informed decisions using tools such as Statsig and Amplitude.
• Drive performance metrics improvements across platform services and customer-facing surfaces, identifying bottlenecks and delivering optimizations that improve reliability and user experience at scale.
• Contribute to AI enablement across the platform, building shared tooling and patterns that help engineering teams integrate AI‑powered capabilities safely and efficiently.

What We Are Looking For

• 6+ years of experience developing platform or full‑stack applications in JavaScript/TypeScript, with Next.js and React.
• Experience designing and maintaining shared libraries, common services, or internal platform components used by multiple engineering teams.
• Hands‑on experience with Kong API Gateway, including LUA scripting.
• Experience with AWS, CI/CD (Jenkins), and deployments on composable platforms such as Netlify or Vercel, in partnership with Infrastructure teams.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog), product analytics or experimentation platforms (e.g., Statsig and Amplitude), and performance measurement at scale.
• A creative, precise problem solver with a strong focus on building modern, scalable platform solutions.
• Strong cross‑functional communication skills and comfort partnering with Infrastructure, SRE, and security stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Bonus if You Have

• Experience with Storybook, design systems, and component libraries such as Chakra UI.
• Experience building platform tooling or integrations that enable AI‑powered product capabilities.
• Experience working in subscription and/or e‑commerce companies.

Work Authorization

Must be legally authorized to work full‑time in the U.S. without requiring current or future visa sponsorship.

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary & bonus program
• Medical, dental & vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid Time Off
• Work from home flexibility
• Free IPSY Extra subscription
• Learning & development programs

EEO Statement

We celebrate diversity and are an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other protected characteristic.

If you need reasonable accommodation in the application or employment process, please contact us.

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Pay is based on several non-discriminatory factors such as experience, education, skills, and location. IPSY offers a bonus and competitive benefits. Final compensation is determined by experience and skills.

Salary Range:: $150,000 USD - $190,000 USD