Senior Software Engineer - Fullstack

About this role

Department: Engineering
Level: Senior (IC)
Reports To: Senior Engineering Manager
Version Date: May 2026
About Curology:
Curology's mission is to make effective, personalized skincare accessible. We were founded by dermatologists who believe everyone should have access to skincare products that actually work. Today, our licensed dermatology providers have helped millions of patients across all 50 states make that mission a reality.


We combine expert medical care with personalized prescription formulas and dermatologist-developed skincare essentials to deliver science-backed solutions that meet people where they are. Join us in our mission to transform skin health and enhance lives—one patient at a time.


Mission of the Role:
The mission of the Senior Software Engineer is to architect and deliver high-quality, reliable solutions to Curology's most critical technical challenges—playing a central role in evolving our platform from a monolithic system into a scalable constellation of microservices. Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, this role spans both patient-facing applications and internal tools that support business scale. Success requires the judgment to move quickly without sacrificing quality, the rigor to own outcomes end- to-end, and the technical leadership to raise the bar for the engineers around you. The ideal candidate ramps fast, contributes to production code early, and brings deep backend expertise paired with the curiosity to operate across the stack.


Essential Functions and Impact Areas:
*Platform Migration & Architecture*

• Lead the migration of services from our monolithic codebase to a distributed microservices architecture—designing for scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability
• Design and build microservices that integrate cleanly into our broader distributed system, with strong attention to observability and fault tolerance
• Apply sound architectural patterns across APIs, d...