Senior Software Engineer II

At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 32 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. 

If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our Internal Job Board. 

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To thrive as a company and meet our impact goals, we must cultivate a culture of high-performance. We know managers are often the single-largest driver of employee satisfaction and growth, and our talent is our biggest asset. Because of that, we’ve identified consistent expectations for all of Guild’s people managers — helping you know what to expect from your experience here.

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Guild is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to join our Member Experiences pillar, focused on enhancing the scalability, flexibility, and reliability of our client data onboarding and integration systems. In this role, you will design and deliver robust software solutions that serve the evolving needs of our Employer Partners and the employees they support.

We’re looking for a self-driven, product-minded engineer who thrives in fast-paced environments and is comfortable navigating ambiguity. You will collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to develop adaptable, high-impact systems that help our partners deliver seamless access to Guild’s education benefits and coaching services.

As a senior member of the team, you’ll contribute from day one; crafting high-quality, scalable solutions that can keep pace with Guild’s rapid growth and the dynamic volume of client and user needs.

As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will:

• Develop and maintain robust software systems that power core member experiences; ranging from user-facing applications to internal tools and supporting service layers; ensuring performance, maintainability, and adaptability.

• Partner with senior and staff engineers to design modular, observable, and secure architectures that scale with Guild’s growth and accommodate evolving business needs and high-volume client demands.

• Write clean, testable, and reusable code. Contribute to end-to-end development including testing, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and deployment, ensuring high availability and quality in releases.

• Lead by example in code quality, technical decision-making, and documentation practices. Create and contribute to design documents, architecture decision records (ADRs), and technical discussions that communicate trade-offs clearly.

• Work closely with product managers, designers, operations teams, and external client technical teams to translate business requirements into effective engineering solutions. Contribute to planning, estimation, and execution of product roadmap items.

• Use operational data; such as logs, metrics, and user feedback; to identify and implement enhancements in performance, reliability, and developer velocity. Take ownership of resolving issues and driving root cause analysis and sustainability.

• Improve internal development processes, tools, and workflows to enhance code quality, speed of delivery, and system security.

• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response. Provide constructive code reviews and mentorship to help elevate teammates and build a high-performing engineering culture.

You are a strong fit if you have:

• 5+ years of software development experience with: Python, TypeScript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and GraphQL

• Hands-on experience with: AWS services, including Lambda, Serverless Framework, Glue, API Gateway, and CDK or other Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools

• A deep understanding of: the full software development lifecycle; from gathering technical requirements and selecting technologies to deploying and maintaining production systems

• AI Experience:  Utilizing AI-ass