PeopleFinders is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build and improve our people search products. Our core platform runs on C#/.NET, with supporting projects in PHP/Laravel, Python, and Node.js.

This is a hands-on role for an engineer who can own a solution from design through production, including application development, AWS infrastructure using Terraform, and AI-powered features.

Salary - $115k-$130k

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain applications, services, and APIs using C#/.NET.
• Improve performance, reliability, and scalability across our search and data platforms.
• Develop AI-powered features and integrate AI models with our products and internal systems.
• Build and support checkout, payment processing, and subscription billing integrations.
• Manage application infrastructure in AWS using Terraform, working with our SRE team.
• Contribute to supporting projects in PHP/Laravel, Python, and Node.js as needed.
• Own delivery from technical design through testing, deployment, and production support.
• Review code, mentor engineers, and help improve engineering practices.

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with strong C#/.NET and SQL Server expertise.
• Experience building and supporting production APIs and web applications.
• Experience with e-commerce and payment processing, including payment gateway integrations, checkout flows, recurring billing, and reliable handling of payment events and failures.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and Terraform.
• Experience shipping AI-powered features, including integrating LLMs with application data and workflows.
• Experience using AI coding tools effectively while reviewing and validating their output.
• Experience designing and building microservices, including asynchronous messaging with RabbitMQ, exchange and queue configuration, message routing, retries, dead-letter queues, and failure handling.
• Hands-on experience with GitOps continuous delivery using Argo CD, including managing Kubernetes manifests or Helm charts, promoting releases across environments, and troubleshooting sync and rollback issues.
• Comfort working across multiple languages and existing codebases.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and ownership of production quality.
• Clear communication and the ability to turn business needs into practical technical solutions.

Nice to Have

• Experience with high-traffic consumer websites, search platforms, or subscription products.
• Familiarity with PHP/Laravel, Python, Node.js, Next.js, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working with large datasets, caching, and background processing.
• Frontend development experience with React, Angular, or Vue.
• Familiarity with technical SEO and answer engine optimization (AEO).
• Experience using PageSpeed Insights and improving Core Web Vitals, page load speed, and overall frontend performance.

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• 401K match
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Life Insurance