Later is the enterprise leader in social media and influencer marketing software, services, and data, trusted by leading brands and agencies worldwide. Following our acquisition of Mavely, the Everyday Influencer Platform®, Later enables brands to scale creator partnerships from nano to premium influencers while managing social media content and campaigns across all major social and affiliate networks. Through proprietary performance data, marketing leaders can drive attributable sales and optimize social commerce with our software platform or award-winning services.
Later is founded on two success stories that began in 2014: Mavrck, the industry-leading influencer marketing solution (now Later Influence™), and Later, the best social media management platform (now Later Social™) and first-to-market link in bio tool, Later Link in Bio. In 2024, Mavrck and Later officially joined together as one unified business, with a shared vision: to enable the world to make a living with their creativity.
We’re trusted by the top social platforms, with partnerships and integrations with Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Pinterest.
We enable marketers to create high-performing content and engage in authentic collaborations with creators to reach new audiences, drive engagement, and generate predictable ROI.
We are seeking a Staff Engineer with a strong background in modern web development technologies and a passion for building high-quality, distributed applications within our Platform’s Shared Services group. The ideal candidate is a problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment, takes ownership of their work, and collaborates well with peers, including coaching junior team members.
What you'll be doing:Strategy- Design scalable, maintainable, and secure service architectures.
- Identify opportunities for platform-wide improvements, new service development, and reduction of technical debt.
- Contribute to long-term platform vision and help shape standards for engineering excellence.
- Build backend services using C# and TypeScript for web and background worker applications.
- Work with both SQL and NoSQL databases; PostgreSQL expertise preferred.
- Design, containerize, and deploy services with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Build and optimize cloud infrastructure using AWS or similar platforms.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Apply security best practices across applications and infrastructure (secure coding, vulnerability assessments, secrets management).
- Ensure reliability and scalability through test automation, performance profiling, and optimization.
- Integrate and manage third-party APIs with robust monitoring and management practices.
- Explore and implement AI/ML-driven features or integrations into applications.
- Act as a technical mentor, multiplying team impact by elevating skills and practices of peers and junior engineers.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, other Staff Engineers, and cross-functional teams to define requirements, scope projects, and deliver platform solutions.
- Work closely with stakeholders to debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex backend issues across the stack.
- Contribute to engineering culture by modeling ownership, accountability, and a growth mindset.
- Stay current on emerging technologies in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and secure software practices.
- Share learnings and elevate engineering standards across teams.
- Continuously improve system performance, scalability, and developer experience.
- Identify and advocate for adoption of new technologies that create leverage for the business.
- You consistently deliver high-impact projects on time, meeting both technical and business objectives.
- You’re seen as a trusted technical leader who raises the bar for engineering excellence across the team.
- You proactively identify opportunities to optimize performance, security, and scalability, and successfully implement solutions.
- You coach and influence peers, creating a ripple effect that improves team performance and morale.
- Proficiency with C# and TypeScript for backend services.
- Strong experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, with PostgreSQL expertise preferred.
- Expertise in system architecture, designing secure, scalable, and maintainable platforms.
- Broad experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS (or equivalent cloud).
- Strong knowledge of DevOps practices (Git, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code).
- Expertise in application and infrastructure security best practices.
- Strong understanding of testing and automation practices.
- Experience in performance optimization for reliability and scalability.
- Proficiency in third-party API integration and management.
- Experience (or strong interest) in AI/ML applications in production systems.
- Demonstrated mentorship ability, helping elevate the technical impact of the team.
- Proven experience working in ambiguous, complex problem spaces with strong problem-solving skills.
- Driven by Impact: You deliver results that matter—prioritizing high-value work, meeting deadlines, and adapting quickly while keeping outcomes clear.
- Strategic & Customer-Centric: You anticipate risks and opportunities, connect decisions to long-term growth, and build trust through proactive insights.
- Curious & Growth-Oriented: You seek knowledge, ask sharp questions, and apply learnings fast—challenging the status quo with a mindset of improvement.
- Collaborative & Resilient: You thrive in change by staying resourceful, solution-focused, and positive—removing roadblocks, sharing insights, and keeping morale high.
- Accountable & Honest: You own your work, hold yourself and others to a high bar, and use transparent feedback to drive growth.
- Emotionally Intelligent: You build trust through empathy and collaboration, foster inclusion, and inspire others with grit, optimism, and integrity.
We take a market-based & data-driven approach to compensation. We leverage data from trusted third-party compensation sources to help us understand the market value of a role based on function, level, geographic location, and scope. We evaluate compensation bi-annually, including performance and market-related factors.
Our salaries are benchmarked against market Total Cash Compensation for the geographic location of our job posting. Compensation for some roles is structured as On Target Earnings (OTE = base + commission/variable) while for others it is structured as Salary only.
To comply with local legislation and ensure transparency, we share salary ranges on all job postings. Skills, experience and other factors help determine the final salary we offer which may vary from the original range posted.
Additionally, all permanent team members are eligible to participate in various benefits plans as part of their overall compensation package.
Salary Range:
$ 190,000 - 230,000
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We have offices in Boston, MA; Vancouver, BC; Chicago, IL; and Vancouver, WA. For select positions, we are open to hiring fully remote candidates. We post our positions in the location(s) where we are open to having the successful candidate be located.
Diversity, inclusion, and accessibility:At Later, we are committed to fostering a culture rooted in an inclusion-first mindset at every level of the company, embracing the importance of hiring and building teams for culture add rather than culture fit. We openly build and maintain unbiased hiring, pay, and promotion practices to create a foundation for an equitable workplace, paving the way for systemic change.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or age. Please let us know if you require any accommodations or support during the recruitment process.
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