Staff Engineer (Platform)

Later is the enterprise leader in social media and influencer marketing software, services, and data, trusted by leading brands and agencies worldwide. Following our acquisition of Mavely, the Everyday Influencer Platform®, Later enables brands to scale creator partnerships from nano to premium influencers while managing social media content and campaigns across all major social and affiliate networks. Through proprietary performance data, marketing leaders can drive attributable sales and optimize social commerce with our software platform or award-winning services. 

Later is founded on two success stories that began in 2014: Mavrck, the industry-leading influencer marketing solution (now Later Influence™), and Later, the best social media management platform (now Later Social™) and first-to-market link in bio tool, Later Link in Bio. In 2024, Mavrck and Later officially joined together as one unified business, with a shared vision: to enable the world to make a living with their creativity.

We’re trusted by the top social platforms, with partnerships and integrations with Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Pinterest.

We enable marketers to create high-performing content and engage in authentic collaborations with creators to reach new audiences, drive engagement, and generate predictable ROI. 

About this position: 

We are seeking a Staff Engineer with a strong background in modern web development technologies and a passion for building high-quality, distributed applications within our Platform’s Shared Services group. The ideal candidate is a problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment, takes ownership of their work, and collaborates well with peers, including coaching junior team members.

What you'll be doing:

Strategy

• Design scalable, maintainable, and secure service architectures.
• Identify opportunities for platform-wide improvements, new service development, and reduction of technical debt.
• Contribute to long-term platform vision and help shape standards for engineering excellence.

Technical / Execution

• Build backend services using C# and TypeScript for web and background worker applications.
• Work with both SQL and NoSQL databases; PostgreSQL expertise preferred.
• Design, containerize, and deploy services with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Build and optimize cloud infrastructure using AWS or similar platforms.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Apply security best practices across applications and infrastructure (secure coding, vulnerability assessments, secrets management).
• Ensure reliability and scalability through test automation, performance profiling, and optimization.
• Integrate and manage third-party APIs with robust monitoring and management practices.
• Explore and implement AI/ML-driven features or integrations into applications.

Team / Collaboration

• Act as a technical mentor, multiplying team impact by elevating skills and practices of peers and junior engineers.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, other Staff Engineers, and cross-functional teams to define requirements, scope projects, and deliver platform solutions.
• Work closely with stakeholders to debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex backend issues across the stack.
• Contribute to engineering culture by modeling ownership, accountability, and a growth mindset.

.Research / Best Practices

• Stay current on emerging technologies in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and secure software practices.
• Share learnings and elevate engineering standards across teams.
• Continuously improve system performance, scalability, and developer experience.
• Identify and advocate for adoption of new technologies that create leverage for the business.

What success looks like:

• You consistently deliver high-impact projects on time, meeting both technical and business objectives.
• You’re seen as a trusted technical leader who raises the bar for engineering excellence across the team.
• You proactively identify opportunities to optimize performance, security, and scalability, and successfully implement solutions.
• You coach and influence peers, creating a ripple eff