This is a remote position.
Job Title: Senior Engineer – SaaS Development
Location: Remote
Duration: Full time
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior SaaS Development Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and implementation of our cloud-native, multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms. In this role, you will be responsible for building highly scalable, resilient, and secure application ecosystems. You will balance individual technical contribution with cross-functional leadership, mentoring junior developers, and driving engineering best practices across the software development life cycle (SDLC).
Core Responsibilities
- Architecture & Design: Architect and build robust, high-performance, multi-tenant SaaS applications utilizing modern cloud infrastructure and distributed microservices patterns.
- Feature Development: Write clean, secure, and maintainable code across the full stack to support rapid iteration of new product capabilities.
- System Scalability: Optimize system configurations, APIs, and database schemas to ensure maximum reliability, speed, and cost efficiency under high traffic volume.
- CI/CD & Automation: Design, implement, and maintain automated testing frameworks and continuous deployment pipelines to accelerate product delivery safely.
- Security & Compliance: Implement enterprise-grade data protection, security controls, encryption, and role-based access management (RBAC).
- Code Quality & Mentorship: Conduct rigorous peer code reviews and provide technical guidance and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, and DevOps teams to translate product requirements into concrete engineering execution plans.
Requirements
Required Skills and Qualifications
Technical Proficiency
- Cloud Architecture: Deep experience with major cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP) focusing on serverless computing, containers (Kubernetes/Docker), and managed infrastructure.
- SaaS Design Patterns: Proven experience designing multi-tenant databases, zero-downtime deployment strategies, and rate-limiting throttling mechanisms.
- Programming Core: Advanced proficiency in backend languages (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java, or Go) alongside modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, or Angular).
- Database Management: Expert knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL datastores (MongoDB/Redis) including complex query optimization.
- API Development: Expert skills in building and documenting secure RESTful APIs and GraphQL endpoints.
Experience & Education
- Professional Experience: Minimum of 5–8+ years of experience in software development, with at least 3 years specifically focused on cloud-native SaaS delivery models.
- Educational Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a strictly related technical field.
Soft Skills & Mindset
- Problem Solving: Systematic approach to debugging complex, distributed system outages and technical debts.
- Communication: Ability to clearly present technical concepts and system layouts to non-technical business stakeholders.
- Product Ownership: Self-directed mindset comfortable with executing abstract plans from ideation to production.
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