About the Role
Orchid is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join one of our client engineering teams. You'll work as a true partner alongside our current senior engineer. You'll interact with the client directly and daily, so this role suits someone who is as comfortable owning client conversations as they are owning code.
What You'll Do- Partner with our senior engineer on this account to plan, build, and ship — sharing ownership of delivery, not waiting to be assigned tasks.
- Work directly with the client's team on a daily basis: standups, status updates, and scoping conversations.
- Own your own work end-to-end, including flagging risk and communicating timelines proactively — no dedicated PM layer on this account.
- Get productive fast: this account cannot support a long ramp-up period.
- Senior, hands-on software engineer — genuinely senior, not a junior or mid-level profile stretching into a senior role.
- Backend experience with Python and Flask, including SQLAlchemy (or a comparable ORM) and relational databases (MySQL/MariaDB). Frontend experience with a server-rendered stack: Jinja2 templates, Bootstrap, JavaScript/jQuery, and Webpack — this is not a modern SPA (React/Vue/etc.) codebase. Hands-on experience with REST/API integrations is a must.
- Fluent English, spoken and written — this is a daily client-facing role and communication is non-negotiable.
- Prior experience at a consulting, professional-services, or client-facing agency environment strongly preferred.
- Comfortable working as a peer/partner to another senior engineer rather than under a manager — some PM instinct (tracking scope, flagging risk, driving status) is expected.
- Fast learning curve — able to ramp into an existing codebase and client relationship quickly.
- Insurance, risk, or fintech domain experience.
- Experience working in a two-person senior "tandem" model on an account (vs. a large team with dedicated support roles).
- Comfortable picking up custom in-house packages and internal tooling on top of the core stack.
Engagement: Independent Contractor
Location: Latin America (remote)
Compensation: $70,000–$80,000 USD/year, DOE
Skills Required
- Senior-level, hands-on software engineering experience
- Backend experience with Python and Flask
- Experience with SQLAlchemy or a comparable ORM
- Experience with relational databases, including MySQL or MariaDB
- Frontend experience with Jinja2 templates, Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery, and Webpack
- Hands-on experience with REST and API integrations
- Fluent spoken and written English
- Ability to work directly with clients in daily standups, status updates, and scoping conversations
- Ability to own work end-to-end, track scope, flag risks, and communicate timelines proactively
- Ability to ramp quickly into an existing codebase and client relationship
- Prior experience in consulting, professional services, or a client-facing agency environment
- Insurance, risk, or fintech domain experience
- Experience working in a two-person senior tandem model
- Experience with custom in-house packages and internal tooling
What We Do
SeedTrust provides dependable escrow services to intended parents, surrogates, and egg donors during collaborative reproductive arrangements. Our goal is to provide our clients with fund management during a process that is focused on trust, transparency, and accessibility. Through our unique, proprietary client portal,SeedTrust offers clients 24/7 access to their entire escrow file, including the disbursement/reimbursement calendar, copies of contracts, and copies of all related receipts/invoices. SeedTrust is owned and operated by a Certified Public Accountant and an Attorney. Client funds are held and managed through a non-interest bearing Attorney Trust Account regulated by the Florida Bar Association and secured by the Florida Bar Association’s Client Security Fund. Learn more at www.seedtrustescrow.com
