Director of Software Engineering at Acuity leading AI - enabled digital commerce platform development and transforming user experience with modern architecture.
About the role
- Software Engineer III at Elite Technology contributing to SaaS platform design and development while mentoring junior engineers. Focused on delivering scalable, high-quality software solutions.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of complex software features and infrastructure components for our SaaS platform.
- Take ownership of assigned projects or components, ensuring timely and high-quality execution
- Participate in architectural discussions by providing insights and recommendations while working with senior engineers on final decisions
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, DevOps, QA) to ensure solutions align with business objectives and meet performance, scalability, and security requirements.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize code to ensure high reliability and performance in production environments.
- Provide guidance or support to junior engineers, promoting best practices and continuous learning within the team.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities for efficiency, automation, and technology upgrades.
- Contribute to team-wide continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for efficiency, automation, or tooling enhancements.
- Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices, incorporating them into the engineering roadmap.
- Perform other duties as assigned to support departmental and company objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
- 3–5 years of experience in software development experience, with a strong focus on SaaS or cloud-based solutions.
- Advanced proficiency in TypeScript across the full stack, with strong experience building Node.js APIs and React frontend.
- Demonstrated expertise in modern React development, including hooks, state management, and performance optimization.
- Proven experience designing and implementing scalable, high-performance, and fault-tolerant systems.
- Hands-on experience with Docker containers for application deployment and orchestration.
- Deep familiarity with AWS cloud infrastructure, especially EKS (Kubernetes), RDS (Postgres), and S3 (file storage).
- Strong knowledge of relational databases, particularly Postgres, including schema design and query optimization.
- Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, Git, IaC (Terraform), monitoring and alerting tools for SaaS applications.
- Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, or other advanced systems design approaches.
- Must be legally authorized to work in Costa Rica; Elite does not provide employment sponsorship for this position.
- Proficiency in English at a C1 level or higher (CEFR), with the ability to communicate effectively in both written and spoken formats.
Benefits
- PTO
- 2 Elite Mental Health Days per year
- Annual Incentive Plan
- 14 Paid Costa Rica Holidays
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Generous Global Parental Leave
- Calm, free premium subscription
- Employee Discount Program
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