Senior Software Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLEWe are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Sr. Software Engineer to join our Engineering team in delivering reliable, scalable, and high-quality digital products. This role will contribute to the design, development, and evolution of our technology platforms, leveraging modern engineering practices, cloud-native architectures, and AI-assisted development tools.The ideal candidate is a strong technical leader and hands-on engineer who can influence system design and architecture, write high-quality, maintainable code, and drive best practices across the software development lifecycle. This individual will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, contribute to technical decision-making, and help continuously improve engineering processes, performance, and scalability.WHAT YOU'LL DOAs a Sr. Software Engineer on our team, you will:Design and build scalable, performant, secure, and highly available systems in continuous delivery environmentWrite clean, modular and maintainable code with unit test coverageImplement strategies for standardizing design patterns to accelerate development velocity across the team.Take ownership of your work and deliver high-quality resultsCollaborate with cross-functional teams and participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)Help influence and prioritize work to enable efficient, iterative deliveryTranslate high-level strategies into actionable engineering tasks in partnership with product and engineering leadershipIdentify bottlenecks and system constraints, and proactively drive solutionsReduce technical debt and improve developer experience to keep systems modern, fast, and maintainableProduce technical documentation, schematics, and architecture diagramsAdvocate for and implement best practices in testing, code quality, performance, and toolingParticipate in code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge-sharing initiativesUse monitoring, metrics, and logging to troubleshoot and resolve production issues with your teamWHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR5+ years of technical expertise including recent experience architecting, designing and developing technology platforms using Ruby on Rails, Node.js, JavaScript, and Type Script.3+ years of experience working with relational and NoSQL database platforms (MySQL, MongoDB)Some experience with modern caching technologies (Redis preferred)Experience working in a geographically dispersed team in a collaborative, team-driven agile software engineering environment.Experience developing and deploying applications in cloud environments, including familiarity with cloud-native architectures and services.Strong understanding of software engineering best practices and design patternsAbility to work across multiple technologies and platforms.Ability to write quality, modular, maintainable, secure, and testable code.Familiarity with testing best practices including unit and integration tests.Experience with frontend frameworks such as Vue.js, Vuetify, or AngularExperience designing and building APIs (REST, GraphQL)Experience with background processing tools like SidekiqStrong understanding of service-oriented and/or microservices architectures (event-driven patterns are a plus)Ability to contribute and grow - team-oriented mindset with strong intellectual curiosity and a desire for continuous learningBONUS POINTS FORExperience leveraging AI-assisted development tools or integrating AI/ML capabilities into products or engineering workflowsExperience with and developing for Raspberry PI platformExperience developing mobile applications for IOS/AndroidExperience working in high-availability, high-traffic production environments.Experience developing or integration with movie theater or entertainment systemsExperience developing Point of Sale, F&B, Ticketing, Inventory or Order Management Systems.Experience working with CRM, Loyalty and Membership solutionsExperience integrating payment platforms, including EMV and card reader integrationsExperience with monitoring, logging and observability toolsUnderstanding of the mindset of “Fail Fast, Learn Fast” and continuous improvementFully Remote This role has been designated as fully remote and is expected to be performed primarily from an employee’s residence. Occasional travel is required, primarily within the United States several times a year, and, in rare but possible circumstances, global.As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protecte