Senior Software Engineer, II, Full-Stack

The Role: Senior Software Engineer, II, Full-Stack (2 Openings Across Different Teams)

Cash compensation range:  $171,000 - $186,000 USD annually + equity

At Stride, we're growing our Engineering team and hiring two Senior Software Engineers to join us in advancing our mission to make benefits accessible and affordable for all. This is a unique opportunity to join one of two critical teams—Consumer or Platform/SaaS—both of which play a key role in building products that support millions of individuals and our trusted partners.

While each role is embedded in a distinct product area, both share a core set of responsibilities and values: strong full-stack development, scalable infrastructure, and a commitment to security, quality, and cross-functional collaboration.

About the Teams:

• Consumer Team:  This team focuses on enhancing Stride’s core consumer-facing experience and insurance product suite. You’ll help drive the user journey for individuals navigating their benefits and coverage options. Your work will directly impact the experience of independent workers as they sign up for and manage their healthcare and insurance needs.
• Platform/SaaS Team:  This team owns Stride’s engineering platform and partner-facing SaaS tools, building the systems and infrastructure that power our agent, broker, and platform integrations. Your work will enable partners to efficiently manage their users and will directly contribute to the scalability and success of our B2B offerings.

What You’ll Do (across both teams):

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-quality full-stack applications using Node.js, React, and modern web technologies.
• Lead the development of both backend and frontend features with attention to performance, accessibility, and reusability.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural principles.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, UX, QA, and Engineering leadership to define goals, ship features, and support iterative improvement.
• Take ownership of core areas of the codebase, infrastructure, and deployment processes using infrastructure-as-code principles.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers to help grow the team's skills and capabilities
• Partner with DevOps and Security teams to ensure compliance and best practices in security and reliability.

Experience & Qualifications:

We recognize that some groups are less likely to apply to a role if they don’t meet 100% of the listed qualifications. We encourage you to apply if you meet a majority of the qualifications and this role is aligned with your career trajectory. 

When reviewing resumes we’ll be looking to see that you have:

• Senior-level experience (strong leadership, strategic thinking, expert problem-solving, effective communication, and the ability to mentor others while driving high-impact results and navigating complex challenges.) in full-stack web development, typically 7+ years. 
• Developed proficiency due to extended use of TypeScript, JavaScript, and a JavaScript framework (React preferred).
• Experience with RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and package dependencies management (NPM/Yarn).
• Experience with secure coding practices and data security.
• Deployed apps/services to cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).

If we have an opportunity to engage you in your interview process, we’ll look to assess that you:

• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Actively listen and display empathy 
• Flexibly assist scrum teams or other initiatives when needed
• Have a strong bias for alignment, action and growth