Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Muck Rack, a leading SaaS platform for PR professionals, as a Senior Software Engineer. You will be part of the Platform team, working on core application components used across multiple feature teams. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining these components, contributing to frameworks and tooling, and championing new technologies. You will collaborate with other teams, improve CI/CD pipelines, and drive engineering best practices. Muck Rack offers a fully distributed work environment, competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
• Strong background in Python and its ecosystem
• Experience with Django or similar web frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, etc.)
• Hands-on experience in designing, building, and maintaining microservices, including monitoring, scaling, and operationalizing them
• Experience working with high-traffic, complex web applications or SaaS platforms, ideally with large data volumes
• Expertise in optimizing databases such as MySQL (or Postgres) and/or Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
• Familiarity with gRPC/protobuf

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core components that are used across multiple feature teams that ultimately drive customer features and value
• Help curate frameworks, tooling, and best practices to enhance developer productivity and improve system reliability
• Help champion new technology by evaluating and integrating emerging technologies that benefit the broader engineering organization
• Advocate for and contribute to automation and observability to support scalability and maintainability
• Collaborate closely with feature teams to understand their pain points and provide solutions that simplify development and deployment processes
• Improve CI/CD pipelines to enhance deployment speed, reliability, and developer experience
• Drive and support engineering best practices, including code quality, security, and performance optimizations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kafka or related streaming technologies (Kinesis, Flink, Beam)
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration

Benefits

• Remote Work, Forever. We’re a fully distributed team and have pledged to remain that way forever . We offer employees a full home office setup, phone & internet reimbursement, and a monthly coworking membership
• Transparent Compensation. We offer competitive geo-neutral pay in the U.S. and review compensation at least once annually to ensure internal equity and alignment with the external market. Depending on the role, we offer either a standardized bonus program or attainable commission structure and an opportunity to earn equity in the company. All employees are eligible for our 401(k) plan* with employer contributions
• Health & Wellness*. Muck Rack provides comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for employees and their families. We offer a high-deductible health plan with 100% premium coverage for individuals, as well as a range of other plan options. Our team also has access to 24/7 Virtual Care, an Employee Assistance Program, employer-funded HSA contributions, and other pre-tax benefits. Team members have access to a quarterly wellness stipend and a free Headspace subscription
• PTO and Family Benefits. Our team enjoys 4+ weeks of off-the-grid PTO, paid sick/mental health days and 13 paid holidays, which can be exchanged for additional PTO with our “Holiday Swap Program.” We also provide up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Personal & Professional Development. We grow talent by creating internal pathways for advancement and promotion. Muck Rack conducts bi-annual performance reviews, hosts team-wide workshops, and offers management training and leadership training opportunities. We also provide unlimited subscriptions to L&D platforms including Coursera & O’Reilly, as well as 2 additional days of PTO to dedicate to learning and development