Senior Software Engineer

Who you are

• We’re specifically looking for someone with a strong backend foundation who is also genuinely proficient in React
• You have 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong backend foundation and a track record of building and operating high-scale production systems
• You can write advanced SQL statements beyond basic SELECT and UPDATE statements
• You’re proficient in React and have genuinely built on the frontend before. You’re comfortable owning UI work, not just backend APIs
• You have solid HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentals, and an understanding of HTTP and browser–server interactions
• You hold a high bar for quality and instinctively know which details matter, but also are discerning enough to cut scope when needed while still delivering value
• You’re customer-obsessed: you imagine yourself as the developer, product manager, or marketer using the feature or experiencing the issue
• You’re a builder, not an implementer: scoping, prioritizing, and driving rollout in partnership with our Product team. This isn’t a role where you check off items from a detailed specification
• You can quickly familiarize yourself with code you didn't write yourself and improve it
• You’re scrappy and biased toward shipping. You’d rather ship a good version today and iterate than wait to ship a perfect one next quarter
• You communicate clearly, both in real-time and asynchronously. We’re a fully remote team, and how you write is as important as how you code
• You’ve shipped meaningful user-facing features to production, monitored their usage and adoption, and improved them over time
• You write high-quality, well-tested code, debug issues methodically, and help raise the engineering bar through thoughtful feedback and mentorship
• You act like an founder:: you notice problems, propose improvements, and follow through fast
• Technologies you’ll likely work with:
• TypeScript
• React
• PostgreSQL
• Python
• Flask
• AWS-hosted systems, following best practices for deployment, monitoring, and reliability

What the job involves

• We’re looking for a Product oriented Fullstack Engineer to design, build, ship, and own end-to-end product features used by thousands of developers and hundreds of millions of end-users
• This is a hands-on IC role. We are looking for someone product-focused, but deeply technical. You’ll work across frontend, backend, and data boundaries, making thoughtful tradeoffs to deliver reliable, high-quality systems. You’ll take ownership from problem definition through production rollout and long-term maintenance, the scoping and prioritization work as much as the code
• “Product-focused” at RevenueCat means pairing strong engineering fundamentals with good judgment, customer obsession, and a bias toward shipping — not trading correctness, reliability, or scalability for speed, but also not letting “perfect” get in the way of “shipped today.”
• In the first month, you’ll:
• Meet frequently with your team and manager to get up to speed
• Get familiar with our tools, processes, and core subscription-business concepts
• Complete a First Ship project
• Jump in early: fix bugs, ship small improvements, and weigh in on PRs
• Within the first 3 months, you’ll:
• Have shipped a medium-sized project successfully
• Understand the main product areas your team owns and how they work end to end
• Scope and work on projects self-sufficiently, from idea to post-launch improvements
• Actively participate in code reviews, bug bashes, and technical discussions
• Continuously improve areas of your team’s codebase and product
• Within the first 6 months, you’ll:
• Become the go-to engineer for certain focus areas
• Proactively contribute to architecture discussions that impact more than just your team
• Debug issues across frontend, backend, and data; communicate clearly during incidents; drive fixes that prevent repeats
• Engage directly with customers to understand how your work actually lands
• Mentor other engineers joining the team and raise the bar through feedback and guidance
• Within the first 12 months, you’ll:
• Know all the major components of our system and be able to debug complex issues across it
• Spec and architect large projects, gather feedback, and drive design validation and rollout plans
• Lead your own initiatives for improving our product and systems, grounded in real customer and business priorities

The application process

• Our interview process includes two separate live-coding sessions: one on frontend fundamentals and one on SQL, data logic, and algorithmic programming. We've found strength in both is a strong predictor of success in this role

Benefits

• Competitive equity in a fast-growing, Series C startup backed by top tier investors including Y Combinator
• 10 year window to exercise vested equity options
• Fully remote work environment that promotes autonomy and flexibility
• Suggested 4 to 5 weeks time off to recharge and focus on mental, physical, and emotional health
• $2,000 USD to build your personal workspace
• $1,000 USD annual stipend for your continuous learning and growth