Senior Software Engineer

Alongside is a Portuguese company that partners with international organizations to build and scale exceptional tech teams. Our client is a fast‑growing SaaS company transforming the automotive dealership experience by automating administrative processes, streamlining sales workflows and ensuring compliance, enabling dealers to focus on customer engagement and operational efficiency. They are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who will work remotely (Eastern Time) and contribute to their engineering team. The ideal candidate thrives in a startup environment with flat hierarchy, values autonomy, and is comfortable wearing multiple hats as needed.

Responsabilities:

• ⁠Design, develop, and maintain scalable software solutions
• ⁠Identify and address performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other developers
• Contribute to architecture decisions and help establish best practices
• ⁠Implement and maintain security best practices
• Troubleshoot production issues and develop solutions to address them

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript across IaaS, backend, and frontend development.
• End-to-end TypeScript expertise: emphasis on strict typing and avoiding coercions.
• Experience with Pulumi for infrastructure-as-code (IaaS).
• Backend development using Bun.
• Frontend development with React and Vite.
• Experience hosting applications on AWS.
• Familiarity with Postgres and Redis for data storage.
• Experience with GraphQL with end-to-end type safety.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to work independently.
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating in cross-functional teams.
• Passion for one or more focus areas: Security, Platform/SRE, AI, Product Engineering, or Business Intelligence.

• Fully remote, based in Portugal;
• Contractor.