Senior Software Engineer — Scalable Services (Remote)

Meredith Corporation; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

People Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own design and implementation of scalable services in Picksy, shaping architecture and mentoring a team of engineers. You will collaborate with product and design to translate requirements into robust features, while maintaining high reliability and cost efficiency.

The role emphasizes production-grade services, deep technical judgment, and active leadership in code reviews and best practices within an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or relevant field
• 6+ years of professional technology experience
• Deep understanding of REST, service architecture, monitoring, and horizontal scalability

Responsibilities

• Own solution design and implementation for scalable, highly available services.
• Mentor engineers and influence technical direction across the team.
• Translate requirements into prototypes and world-class features with product and design input.
• Lead architecture decisions and best practices across the organization.
• Drive code reviews and ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
• Document services and share knowledge with the broader team.

Skills

REST APIs

System design

AWS/GCP

Node.js

TypeScript

NestJS

Frontend basics

Agile

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Docker

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Solr

Graph databases

Job description

People Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own design and implementation of scalable services in Picksy, shaping architecture and mentoring a team of engineers. You will collaborate with product and design to translate requirements into robust features, while maintaining high reliability and cost efficiency.

The role emphasizes production-grade services, deep technical judgment, and active leadership in code reviews and best practices within an Agile environment.