Senior Software Developer (BTI)

Founded in Palo Alto by Dr. Andrew Ng and Israel Niezen, Factored helps U.S. companies build and scale AI, ML, and data teams with the top 1% of LATAM talent.

Overview

Senior Full-Stack/Software Developer – Business Transformation & Intelligence (BTI) team. Responsible for designing the core platform (Factored OS) that enables internal teams to ship and maintain tools efficiently.

Functional Responsibilities

• High Autonomy / High Impact: sole software-focused role in BTI with significant influence over engineering culture.
• Foundation & Architecture: architect a modular, maintainable full-stack application that serves as Factored OS.
• Technical Strategy & Selection: lead evaluation and selection of languages, frameworks, and infrastructure for the platform.
• Technical Mentorship: mentor and pair with a junior engineer, reviewing code and setting technical direction.
• Security & Access Control: design RBAC to protect sensitive engineer and candidate data.
• Documentation & Onboarding: maintain architecture, tech stack, and infrastructure docs; build onboarding path for new contributors.
• CI/CD & Guardrails: build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, linting, and deployment guardrails.
• Remote & Agile: work in a fast-paced, remote-first environment that prioritizes shipping to learn.
• Operational Integration: implement bi‑directional API integrations with Greenhouse, HiBob, and Jira.
• Product Discovery & Shaping: collaborate with a Product Manager to translate business needs into technical specs.
• Performance & Scale: develop a high‑performance search and discovery engine for the talent pool (Engineer 360).

Qualifications

• Senior Engineer (8+ Years): proven track record of building, deploying, and maintaining full‑stack, scalable applications.
• Startup‑Native Mindset: experience building from zero in early‑stage environments.
• Leadership: experience formally mentoring or supervising a junior/mid‑level engineer.
• Security Fundamentals: experience with OAuth2, JWT, RBAC and handling sensitive PII securely.
• Strong Data Foundations: deep understanding of SQL and NoSQL architectures; able to justify trade‑offs.
• System Design: expertise in modular architectures that avoid spaghetti code.
• Backend Framework: proficiency in Node.js/TypeScript, Python/FastAPI, or equivalent with REST API design.
• Frontend Framework: proficiency in React/Next.js or equivalent with component‑driven architecture.
• Cloud & CI/CD: experience with AWS/GCP/Azure hosting, automated pipelines.
• Event‑Driven Architectures: queues, pub/sub, webhooks at scale.

Skills & Abilities

• Architectural Decision Making: evaluate third‑party tools vs custom solutions.
• High‑Stakes Communication: translate complex technical plans into clear roadmaps for non‑technical stakeholders.
• Incremental Delivery: break down large goals into prioritized technical tasks.
• Bi‑Directional Integration: manage state synchronization across external systems.

Nice to Have

• Greenhouse, HiBob, and Jira API experience.
• LLM/AI integration via APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.).
• Search engine implementation (Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Algolia, Meilisearch, or pgvector).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation).
• UI/UX sensibility and independent prototyping.
• Performance optimization at scale (caching, query tuning, pagination).
• Equity participation.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Optional in‑person events and meetups.
• Tailored career roadmaps.
• High‑performance culture.