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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Perk Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Boston, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, JIRA, Software as a Service, Code Review, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Migration, Software Design Documents, Github, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Technical Data Management Systems, Strategies of Testing, Management of Software Versions, Model Validation, Cypress (Programming Language), Caching, Backend, Slack, Front End Software Development, Software Coding
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-software-engineer-boston-boston-ma--f0fe853f-8ff9-424f-92c1-83c1577d3d96

## About the Role

Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Atlassian JIRA, Billing, Budgeting, Caching, Coaching, Code Reviews, Coding Standards, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cross-Functional, Data Migration, Data Modeling, Debt Management, Design Document, Embedded Systems, Engineering Management, English Language, Expense Management, GitHub, Health Plan, Hubs, Incident Response, Insurance, Leadership, LinkedIn, Mentoring, Model Review, Needs Assessment, Operations Security (OPSEC), Product Engineering, Product Management, Product Planning, Product/Service Launch, Production Systems, Productivity Management, Prototyping, Public/Media/Press/Analyst Relations, Reimbursement, Risk, Risk Management, Security Monitoring, Slack, Social Media, Software Engineering, Software as a Service (SaaS), Standards Development, System Architecture, System Migration, Systems Scalability, Technical Leadership, Test Strategy, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)

## Description

* Product Leadership:Translates complex business goals into technical roadmaps; de-risks ambiguous projects through spikes and prototyping.
 * System Architecture:Architects scalable, evolvable systems and data models that account for performance, failure isolation, and long-term maintenance.
 * Technical Standards:Defines and upholds engineering excellence, including CI/CD optimizations, testing strategies, and coding standards across the stack.
 * Frontend Strategy:Establishes frontend architecture patterns, including state management, performance budgets, and comprehensive testing (e.g., E2E/Cypress).
 * Backend Excellence:Engineers sophisticated backend solutions involving API versioning, caching strategies, and complex data migration plans.
 * Operational Maturity:Leads observability and SRE practices; defines SLOs, manages incident responses, and conducts blameless post-mortems.
 * Security & Risk:Oversees operational security, including secrets hygiene and dependency risk management, to ensure a hardened production environment.
 * Mentorship & Influence:Levels up the engineering organization through active mentorship, leading design reviews, and influencing the product roadmap with technical data.
 * Cross-Functional Impact: Coordinates multi-team deliverables and aligns stakeholders to resolve technical blockers across the organization.


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