Staff Software Engineer

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Austin, TX, USA
In-Office
120K-160K Annually
Senior level
Edtech • Software
The Role
As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll design scalable systems, improve performance, mentor engineers, and collaborate on technical solutions for a high-growth platform.
Summary Generated by Built In
Please note: Only candidates who reside within the country of the advertised role will be considered.Company Overview

Come and Join The New Rich!

The opportunity of a lifetime is right at your front door - waiting for you to reach out and grab it.

We're looking for a handful of early hires to continue helping us to shape not just our product but our culture as well.

The world is changing at a very rapid pace. When all is said and done - the world will look a lot different than it looks today.

You have the opportunity to set yourself up for success in this new world - by joining us on our mission to create a community of forward thinking individuals that want to improve their lives and the lives of the people around them - now and for the future.

At NewRich Network, we empower digital entrepreneurs to turn their dreams into reality. Our mission is simple yet bold: to help people create a balanced, fulfilling lifestyle – while building wealth and independence along the way.

We’re a fast-growing team driven by one vision: a world where anyone can work remotely, chase their passion, and live life on their own terms.

Our platform combines SaaS tools, e-learning programs, and a supportive social network – a one-stop ecosystem designed for creators, entrepreneurs, and dreamers who want more than just a career.

We are looking for a full-stack Software Engineer who can contribute across the product — building new features, improving existing systems, and helping the team work more efficiently. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and takes ownership of getting things done.

You will work across our stack (PHP 8.2 / Laravel 10), Node.JS, Golang, and React frontend (React 18 + TypeScript + Vite), and AWS infrastructure, contributing directly to production code while helping improve workflows, documentation, and processes. We hire for attitude and ownership over perfect technical mastery.

We believe fulfilling work and a healthy work-life balance is key to living a NewRich Lifestyle.

If you’re motivated, ambitious, and ready to grow with us, we want to hear from you!


Requirements
    • What You’ll Do
      • Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant systems across product and infrastructure
      • Own end-to-end architecture decisions across multiple services
      • Lead development of core platform primitives (content, identity, transactions, messaging)
      • Improve performance, reliability, and system observability
      • Work closely with founders to translate product vision into technical systems
      • Set engineering standards, best practices, and code quality bar
      • Mentor engineers and help level up the team
      • Identify and eliminate bottlenecks across the stack
    • What We’re Looking For
    • Experience
      • 8+ years of software engineering experience
      • Proven experience designing and scaling complex distributed systems
      • Experience working on high-growth products or platforms
      • Background in one or more of:
        • Marketplaces
        • Social platforms
        • Payments / fintech systems
        • SaaS infrastructure
    • Technical Strength
      • Strong backend experience (e.g., PHP/Laravel, TypeScript/Node, Go, or similar)
      • Deep understanding of:
        • System design and architecture
        • API design and service boundaries
        • Databases (MySQL, Postgres, event-driven systems)
        • Caching, queues, and async processing
      • Experience with:
        • Payment systems or financial workflows (preferred)
        • Real-time systems (messaging, notifications, streaming)
        • Cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent)
    • Leadership & Ownership
      • Ability to operate with high autonomy
      • Strong product intuition—can make tradeoffs between speed and scalability
      • Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction
      • Comfortable working in early-stage, ambiguous environments

Tech Stack (Current & Evolving)

• Backend: Laravel (PHP), moving toward TypeScript / Go services

• Database: MySQL (with future evolution toward more scalable architectures)

• Infrastructure: AWS

• Realtime / Messaging: In-house systems (moving away from third-party dependencies)

Nice to have:

      • WebRTC, FFMPEG, HLS, SRT, RTMP, DRM.
      • Node.js/Express, GitHub Actions.
      • NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis).
      • Experience in a multi-service/microservices-style architecture
      • Familiarity with AWS services such as ECS/ECR, RDS, S3, CloudFront, Redis, Amazon MQ, and Lambda
      • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (especially CloudFormation-style templates and environment parameterization)
      • Experience improving GitHub Actions workflows and CI/CD pipelines
      • Familiarity with automated testing and quality tooling (Pest/PHPUnit, Vitest, Playwright, ESLint/Prettier, Pint, Psalm)

Personal qualities:

    • Self-driven, motivated, reliable in a fast-paced environment.
    • Passionate about something - including a hobby outside of work (unless coding is also your hobby - we LOVE that)
Responsibilities:
  • Develop and maintain server-side applications (PHP 8, Laravel 10, Node.JS, Golang, MySQL).
  • Build and optimize APIs, ensure performance, scalability, and security.
  • Implement front-end features with React.js (18.2).
  • Work with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code reviews.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor juniors.
  • Manage integrations between systems and cloud services (AWS).
  • Maintain documentation, database schemas, and ensure security best practices.
What Makes This Role Different
  • You will help define the technical foundation of an entire ecosystem, not just a feature
  • Direct access to founders and influence on product + business decisions
  • Opportunity to build both:
    • Consumer-grade social product
    • Fintech-grade infrastructure
  • High ownership, low bureaucracy
Compensation
  • $120,000-$160,000 (combination of base + equity + annual bonus) (based on location, experience, and company performance)
  • Meaningful equity package (early-stage upside)
  • Flexible work environment
Who You Should Be

You’re not just a coder—you think in systems.

You’ve built things that broke at scale—and learned how to fix them.

You care about performance, reliability, and long-term architecture, but you also know how to ship fast when it matters.

Apply

If you want to help build the infrastructure powering the next generation of online businesses, we’d love to talk.


Benefits
  • Paid Adventure Time – Take an all-expenses-paid remote working trip for 3 weeks to a destination of your choice with one of our remote work-trip partners. On top of that, you’ll have “Me-Days” – flexible personal days you can take whenever you need a reset.
  • Fast Growth, Big Upside – We’re a small, ambitious team. That means more ownership, faster learning, and a real chance to shape the future of our company (and your career).
  • Equity + Bonus - Take some early equity and grab a piece of our future success. Bonuses paid out based on company hitting specific milestones and KPIs.
  • Unlimited Learning – You’ll get full access to every course and program on our NewRich platform. We invest in your growth because your growth fuels ours.
  • Home Office Stipend – Your setup matters. We’ll support you with a budget to create your ideal workspace and provide you with a new MacBook to power your productivity.
  • Annual Retreat – Work remote, but meet the team IRL. Every year we gather in amazing locations – next stop: Colombia.

Excited about this role?

Explore more at https://newrich.com/

We’d love to hear from you!

Please note: Only candidates who reside within the country of the advertised role will be considered.

Top Skills

AWS
Go
Laravel
MySQL
Node.js
PHP
Postgres
React
Typescript
Vite
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The Company
HQ: Toronto, ON
14 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

We provide education and tools in the lifestyle development industry. Our state of the art E-learning platform allows us to facilitate training and provide meaningful engagement with our users.

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