Software Engineer II

About this role

This is a Fully Remote Job

About Our Client:

The organization operates in the leave management and employee benefits industry, addressing the challenge of simplifying how people transition between work and personal life. It provides solutions that help employers balance empathy with economic considerations during employee leave periods, aiming to create meaningful impact in this complex space. The company functions as a fully remote and flexible employer, emphasizing autonomy and work-life balance.

About the Opportunity:

The SOFTWARE ENGINEER II is responsible for owning well-scoped features from design through production release, improving system reliability, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve technical challenges. This role contributes by ensuring high-quality, maintainable code, managing components ownership, and supporting production stability, thereby directly impacting the product's effectiveness and user experience.

Responsibilities:

• Own features and projects from technical design through production release, breaking work into tasks and delivering commitments.
• Reduce bugs and technical debt, improving code maintainability.
• Write automated unit and integration tests, maintain CI pipeline health, and monitor production behavior.
• Produce readable, well-documented code and participate in timely, respectful code reviews.
• Collaborate with peers to solve problems, discuss designs, and share knowledge.
• Participate in stand-ups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives providing clear status and improvement suggestions.
• Identify and communicate risks, bugs, and blockers promptly.
• Engage senior engineers and management on architectural and cross-team questions.
• Take ownership of product components and become a key resource for them.
• Join on-call rotations, triaging and resolving production issues with support.

Requirements:

• Experience shipping full-stack features using Python/Django backend and React f...