Senior Software Engineer, Media Creation
LaddersAbout the role
For our client, we are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Media Creation to join the team of a leader in the Media space.
This role will focus on building and evolving backend systems that support media creation experiences at scale. You will partner closely with product, design, and engineering teams to shape product strategy and deliver fast, reliable, maintainable APIs. This is a hands-on engineering role with broad ownership across the development lifecycle, from design through launch, in a collaborative remote environment.
You will also help raise the bar for developer workflows, mentor junior engineers, and balance delivery speed with code quality as the team continues to improve the platform.
Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $190,000 – $267,000 annually
Responsibilities
Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to enhance product strategy
Own backend infrastructure for media creation, building fast, maintainable APIs
Contribute to all development cycles from design to launch
Engage with a motivated team of engineers to tackle challenges
Set standards for improving developer workflows and mentor junior engineers
Balance speed with quality in product development
Qualifications
BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
3+ years in large-scale distributed systems
5+ years of software development in languages like Go, Python, Ruby, Java, or C++
Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, and maintainable API design
Familiar with distributed caching and data storage systems like Redis
Strong organizational and communication skills, especially in remote settings
Benefits
Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs
401(k) with employer match
Flexible global benefit programs for professional development
Family planning support
Gender-affirming care
Mental health and coaching benefits
Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off
Generous paid parental leave
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to enhance product strategy
- Own backend infrastructure for media creation, building fast, maintainable APIs
- Contribute to all development cycles from design to launch
- Engage with a motivated team of engineers to tackle challenges
- Set standards for improving developer workflows and mentor junior engineers
- Balance speed with quality in product development
Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years in large-scale distributed systems
- 5+ years of software development in languages like Go, Python, Ruby, Java, or C++
- Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, and maintainable API design
- Familiar with distributed caching and data storage systems like Redis
- Strong organizational and communication skills, especially in remote settings
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs
- 401(k) with employer match
- Flexible global benefit programs for professional development
- Family planning support
- Gender-affirming care
- Mental health and coaching benefits
- Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off
- Generous paid parental leave
Skills mentioned
About Ladders
We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.
H-1B sponsorship history
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