Here's Why We Need Your Help
We're scaling our Platform Engineering team and need a Senior Software Engineer to help improve stability, optimize engineering efficiency, and enhance user experience for our core products, internal applications, and workflows.
Work Location and Expectations
- This role is remote from anywhere in the world.
- Work within US Central or Eastern Time Zone hours (Monday-Friday).
- Fluent English proficiency for team collaboration.
How You Know You're Being Successful
Identify and drive opportunities to enhance and scale our tech stack, infrastructure, and engineering practices—not just internal workflows.Discover and implement architecture improvements that increase system performance, reliability, and developer efficiency.Triage, identify, and resolve bugs, performance bottlenecks, and system reliability issues across both internal tooling and production applications.Optimize APIs, data pipelines, and database performance to support high-scale environments.Deliver tasks and projects on time, while collaborating cross-functionally with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.Leave things better than you found them—whether that means refactoring code, improving system observability, increasing test coverage, or enhancing documentation.Help guide the evolution of our platform by influencing technical decisions, scaling strategies, and best practices.Actively contribute to the product roadmap, ensuring that platform investments align with long-term business and engineering goals.We'll Expect You to Do Things Like These
Lead system and architecture initiatives, including refactoring, adopting new patterns, and ensuring scalability and maintainability.Design, build, and optimize event-driven architectures and data pipelines, ensuring efficient real-time and asynchronous processing.Define and evolve engineering standards around API design, database schemas, and software architecture to improve developer experience and platform stability.Proactively identify and solve scaling challenges, both in application logic and infrastructure.Improve developer workflows, keep dependencies (e.g., React, Node.js, database libraries) up to date, and advocate for the adoption of better tooling.Develop, maintain, and optimize full-stack features using React, Node.js, serverless functions, and scalable APIs.Collaborate closely with engineers, architects, and the Product team to align technical decisions with business needs.Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.Troubleshoot functional, performance, and scalability issues, implementing long-term solutions rather than quick fixes.Improve and document best practices, system design, and engineering workflows to ensure long-term maintainability and efficiency.Required Qualifications
You can :
Solve complex problems independently by reading documentation, debugging, and leveraging system-level thinking.Communicate effectively, providing technical insights and contributing to a high-collaboration, team-oriented environment.Write clean, maintainable, and modular code that scales well.Architect, design, and build scalable, event-driven systems.You have strong experience with :
Node.js for server-side development, API design, and backend services.TypeScript for type-safe, scalable codebases.System architecture and distributed systems thinking, including event-driven architectures, data pipelines, and real-time processing.Database interactions (PostgreSQL and sometimes NoSQL), including writing efficient queries, schema design, indexing, and database performance optimization.Modern front-end frameworks (React, Vue, SolidJS, Angular) for building scalable and interactive UIs.Web frameworks (Next.js, Nuxt, Gatsby, Gridsome) and rendering strategies (such as SSR).API design and development (RESTful principles).You are familiar with :
AI technologies and prompt engineering, including integrating AI-driven features into applications.SEO & performance optimization (Core Web Vitals, TTFB, CLS).Reactive component lifecycles and scalable CSS patterns.Cloud and serverless environments (such as AWS Lambda and Vercel).Observability, logging, and monitoring tools (such as Sentry, Better Stack, and New Relic).You have experience with :
Git and GitHub (feature branching, commit message conventions, release management).Node.js package managers (npm, Yarn, pnpm).Writing and running tests (Jest, Cypress, or similar frameworks).CI / CD pipelines to ensure smooth deployments and automated testing.What We Think Will Improve Your Chances of Success
You :
Hold strong opinions loosely, prioritizing getting it right over being right.Have a figure-it-out-and-grow mindset and thrive in an environment where ownership, autonomy, and scalability matter.Understand design patterns, software architecture principles, and coding standards that enhance maintainability and extensibility.Have experience experimenting with AI tools to improve efficiency, whether for debugging, code generation, or workflow automation.Think deeply about API efficiency, data modeling, and system performance.Are comfortable optimizing queries, indexing strategies, and defining database schemas when needed.Bonus experience :
Experience with event-driven systems (Hightouch, Hookdeck, RabbitMQ, Pub / Sub, WebSockets).Experience with AI-driven products, including machine learning APIs, vector databases, or AI-enhanced UX.Familiarity with Algolia, Tailwind CSS, and structured logging.Exposure to serverless architectures and distributed cloud computing.Understanding of data engineering workflows (ETL pipelines, streaming data, data warehouses).Experience working in high-scale environments with structured software engineering methodologies.Sound like the role for you? We'd love to hear from you! Even if you're not 100% sure about potential fit, we still encourage you to apply. We're looking for the right person, not the perfect series of checkboxes.
Travel Expectations
Twice a year for company gatherings.
Compensation
The base salary range for this position is $120,000 - 140,000 / yr, plus eligible benefits. Compensation may be adjusted based on tenure and experience.
Equity Options
In addition to your cash compensation, you will receive options to buy stock in Recovery.com at a set strike price. These options will vest on a four-year schedule and present an exciting opportunity to benefit from the upside of our company's growth.
Quarterly Bonus
An additional 10% of base earnings is paid out quarterly when the company meets its revenue target.
For U.S. Employees : Dane County Housing Stipend
We strongly value in-person work and collaboration, so for full-time employees residing in Dane County, we offer a housing stipend of $689 / month in addition to your salary ($8,268 / yr; half of the Fair Market Value of a 2BR apartment in Madison according to rentdata.org ).
Benefits and Perks
This role is eligible for the following benefits and perks :
For all employees
Paid time off, paid holidays, and leaves of absenceEducation Assistance (for educational coursework directly related to your role)Flexible hybrid and work-from-home policyFor US employees
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (100% of premiums paid for employees, 50% of premiums paid for dependents)Short- and long-term disability and basic life insurance401K (100% company match up to 3% and 50% on the next 2%)Physical Requirements
Sit down and operate a computer for extended periods of timeAble to work in an open office environmentAbout Recovery.com
Each year, 90% of people who need addiction treatment don't receive it. One of the major reasons is the difficulty in finding a treatment provider, and as people increasingly turn to the internet over family, friends, or medical professionals to find care, Recovery.com is making a difference in thousands of people's lives by providing a comprehensive, user-friendly resource for finding addiction and mental health treatment.
Launched in 2017, Recovery.com is a late-stage startup based in Madison, WI, on a mission to be the the most trusted online resource for connecting patients and mental health providers. We are rapidly growing and profitable, and looking to aggressively capture the market opportunity as we scale to $100M ARR over the next 4 years.
Our core values aren't just words to us! They define who we are and how we work. People who are successful at Recovery.com :
Regularly show compassion and empathy for customers, patients, and fellow colleaguesDisplay vulnerability by demonstrating authenticity with themselves and encouraging it in othersStrive for growth and humbly seek to improve in all aspects of workDemonstrate joy and a positive attitude in every interaction, from office conversations to solving difficult problemsExhibit accountability by not only fulfilling their own responsibilities, but helping others in their work as wellEmbrace creativity by testing the norms and being open to new ideasEqual Opportunity Statement
Recovery.com is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. We welcome applicants regardless of ethnic origin, national origin, veteran status, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation, age, or any other protected characteristic. We value the talents of individuals from all backgrounds and actively seek a diverse workforce.
Our mission is to provide a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone, and reasonable accommodations are available to any applicant who may need them.
Salary : $120,000 - $140,000
