Senior Software Engineer- Full Stack/BE

Careforth is a company focused on enhancing the lives of family caregivers and care recipients through their app platform. The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for building and scaling the platform, developing features, and ensuring high-quality delivery while mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure, scalable features for the Careforth application platform, including front-end development in JavaScript/TypeScript and back-end API/service development in Golang and Python
• Design, build, and evolve RESTful services, including thoughtful API design (e.g., versioning/backward compatibility, pagination, and idempotency where appropriate)
• Implement responsive design and ensure cross-browser compatibility and accessibility
• Ensure high-quality delivery by writing unit and integration tests, partnering effectively with QA, and deploying reliably within CI/CD environments
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices for performance, security, scalability, and reliability
• Complete complex assignments with architectural scope; provide technical leadership on critical projects by driving design decisions, reviewing code, and raising engineering standards
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, foster collaboration, and ensure high-quality delivery throughout the software development lifecycle
• Design and develop integrations with external partners, including secure data exchange patterns and clear interface contracts
• Apply secure engineering practices across the stack (e.g., input validation, authentication/authorization patterns, secure dependency management, secrets handling, and least-privilege principles)
• Promote operational excellence by supporting production readiness (e.g., logging/metrics/tracing, monitoring/alerting, debugging, and root-cause analysis) and contributing to reliability improvements
• Mentor engineering team members and share expertise through pairing, code reviews, and technical guidance to promote technical growth
• Stay current with emerging technologies and recommend improvements to enhance platform performance and security
• Document complex systems, data flows, and specifications clearly and present them to technical and business stakeholders
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• 7-10 years as a full stack software developer
• 3+ years proficiency in Golang and/or Python for back-end development
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS for front-end development (minimum 3 years)
• Experience building REST services is required
• Experience with modern frameworks/libraries (e.g., React, Django, Gin, Gorm)
• Solid understanding of performance optimization, concurrency, and scalability principles for systems
• SQL and data modeling experience required
• Proficiency with Git and modern CI/CD workflows
• Familiarity with containerized deployments (Docker/Containerd) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Basic knowledge of Cloud environments and cloud-native patterns
• Experience with modern testing practices, including unit and integration testing
• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred or equivalent work experience
• PostgreSQL preferred
• GitHub Actions preferred
• AWS preferred
• Knowledge of caching and distributed messaging is a plus (e.g., Redis, RabbitMQ)
• Strong Linux fundamentals are a plus