Senior Staff Software Engineer — Remote, Build Scalable Platforms

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 100,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, 401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Inizio Evoke is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead hands-on development of scalable full‑stack systems with deep backend work (TypeScript/Node.js and Python) and meaningful frontend contributions using React.

You’ll shape architecture, drive API design, and mentor engineers while delivering well‑scoped releases in a fully remote setting. The role emphasizes system design, collaboration with product leadership, and tech leadership across the stack.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building and operating production software systems.
• Strong backend expertise in TypeScript (Node.js) and Python.
• Frontend proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and React.
• Experience designing and evolving production-grade APIs and services.
• Experience with relational databases and production data modeling.
• Experience building and operating systems on AWS or comparable clouds.
• Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and architectural tradeoffs.
• Experience contributing to design and delivery decisions in small teams.
• Willingness to learn thoughtful AI-assisted tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable full‑stack systems with backend depth and frontend contributions.
• Develop and evolve APIs, services, and data models; contribute to cloud infra and production readiness.
• Contribute to technical design and architectural decisions for scalability and maintainability.
• Break down initiatives into executable phases and drive delivery of well‑scoped releases.
• Own team operations—backlog grooming, coordination, and coordinating technical contributions.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and design collaboration; enforce reliability and performance standards.
• Bring structure to uncertain work and establish lightweight processes as needed.

Skills

Backend TS/Node.js

Python

React frontend

TypeScript/JavaScript

API design

Relational databases

AWS / cloud

System design

AI-assisted tooling (learn)

Tools

AWS

Job description

Inizio Evoke is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead hands-on development of scalable full‑stack systems with deep backend work (TypeScript/Node.js and Python) and meaningful frontend contributions using React.

You’ll shape architecture, drive API design, and mentor engineers while delivering well‑scoped releases in a fully remote setting. The role emphasizes system design, collaboration with product leadership, and tech leadership across the stack.