Senior Software Engineer, Netlify

• Strong expertise in TypeScript and JavaScript, with experience developing and maintaining production-quality software in modern full-stack environments
• Proficiency with Go for backend services and API development, with a thoughtful approach to reliability and performance
• Hands-on experience with React and modern frontend development practices
• Familiarity with domains, DNS, and certificate management, with an understanding of how these systems support end-to-end functionality
• Background with Ruby and Rails is helpful, though not required
• Extensive production experience delivering features and services that serve large user bases
• Experience writing high-quality, testable code that’s reliable and maintainable over time
• Comfortable using and experimenting with AI-assisted development tools, with a sense for when and how to apply them effectively
• Experience contributing to open-source projects or working in public codebases is a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in asynchronous, remote-first environments
• Critical thinking abilities and a solution-oriented approach to complex technical challenges
• A collaborative approach to problem-solving with curiosity about how your work supports teammates, users, and broader goals
• Growth mindset and openness to learning new tools, technologies, and best practices
• Passion for working in a collaborative environment with diverse teams across distributed locations

Desirable

• As a Senior Software Engineer at Netlify, you'll join a thoughtful, collaborative team that values continuous learning, mutual support, and shared growth
• Together, we create tools that help developers build faster, more intuitively, and with greater impact
• Our team owns the core product experience at Netlify - from our React-based web application to AI-powered workflows, SDK, CLI, and extensions. If users interact with it directly it's likely ours
• We're reimagining how developers experience web development by thoughtfully integrating AI into our workflows - not as a novelty, but as a practical tool that enhances how we build the web
• In this role, you'll contribute to a welcoming and inclusive engineering culture, help design user experiences that serve millions of developers, and work closely with Product, Design, and cross-functional teammates to build, iterate, and scale meaningful solutions
• You'll have the autonomy to drive projects forward while collaborating regularly with diverse teams across the organization
• Use your expertise in full-stack development (TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, and React) to ship reliable, scalable, performant code across our product suite
• Lead medium-sized projects from conception to delivery, writing RFCs and managing project timelines
• Build and maintain user-facing features and product APIs that scale to serve millions of developers worldwide
• Apply foundational engineering practices - testing, documentation, observability, and performance optimization - while pragmatically leveraging AI tools to enhance your development workflow
• Navigate ambiguity with curiosity, contributing to both early-stage prototypes and production-ready applications that directly impact user experience and business metrics
• Work with domains, DNS, and certificate management systems to ensure reliable and secure user experiences
• Practice proactive async communication and create visibility across projects by documenting your workflows and decision-making clearly
• Participate in code reviews, on-call rotations, and continuous improvement efforts to reduce technical debt and maintain high engineering standards
• Collaborate regularly with cross-functional teams to design and implement user flows that enhance the developer experience across our platform

• Our applications will close on Monday, October 6th at 5pm BST
• When applying please include:
• A resume or short listing of your job history & skills (link to a LinkedIn profile would be fine)
• We appreciate a cover letter explaining why you would enjoy working in this role at Netlify to get to know you a bit better, though this is not required and will not impact your application