NewRich NetworkRemote
Staff Software Engineer
United States of America
Full Time
3 weeks ago
$120,000 - $160,000 USD
No H1B
Key skills
TypeScriptPHPGoGolangNoSQLReactReact.jsNode.jsExpressLaravelVitestPlaywrightAWSGitHub ActionsECSCloudFormationLambdaS3RDSCloudFrontPostgresMySQLMongoDBRedisGitHubCachingSaaSCI/CDMentoring
About this role
NewRich Network is a fast-growing company that empowers digital entrepreneurs to create a balanced and fulfilling lifestyle. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build scalable systems, lead development of core platform features, and mentor other engineers while working closely with the founders.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain server-side applications (PHP 8, Laravel 10, Node.JS, Golang, MySQL)
- Build and optimize APIs, ensure performance, scalability, and security
- Implement front-end features with React.js (18.2)
- Work with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code reviews
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor juniors
- Manage integrations between systems and cloud services (AWS)
- Maintain documentation, database schemas, and ensure security best practices
Requirements:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Proven experience designing and scaling complex distributed systems
- Experience working on high-growth products or platforms
- Background in one or more of: Marketplaces, Social platforms, Payments / fintech systems, SaaS infrastructure
- Strong backend experience (e.g., PHP/Laravel, TypeScript/Node, Go, or similar)
- Deep understanding of: System design and architecture, API design and service boundaries, Databases (MySQL, Postgres, event-driven systems), Caching, queues, and async processing
- Ability to operate with high autonomy
- Strong product intuition—can make tradeoffs between speed and scalability
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction
- Comfortable working in early-stage, ambiguous environments
- Experience with payment systems or financial workflows
- Experience with real-time systems (messaging, notifications, streaming)
- Familiarity with AWS services such as ECS/ECR, RDS, S3, CloudFront, Redis, Amazon MQ, and Lambda
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (especially CloudFormation-style templates and environment parameterization)
- Experience improving GitHub Actions workflows and CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with automated testing and quality tooling (Pest/PHPUnit, Vitest, Playwright, ESLint/Prettier, Pint, Psalm)
- WebRTC, FFMPEG, HLS, SRT, RTMP, DRM
- Node.js/Express, GitHub Actions
- NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis)
- Experience in a multi-service/microservices-style architecture