Senior Engineer, Later
$145-165k
Additionally, all permanent team members are granted stock options and are eligible to participate in various benefits plans as part of their overall compensation package.
Social media marketing scheduling platform
Open for applications
Social media marketing scheduling platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$145-165k
Additionally, all permanent team members are granted stock options and are eligible to participate in various benefits plans as part of their overall compensation package.
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build the world’s first Social Revenue Platform.
Role
Who you are
- The Senior Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for driving large-scale projects, delivering impactful features, and maintaining high engineering standards
- This role emphasizes problem-solving, cross-team collaboration, and mentoring junior engineers while continuously improving codebases and fostering a culture of excellence. The position requires 7 - 10 years of experience, including leadership, with expertise in modern software development and Agile methodologies
- 7 - 10 Years of Experience: Minimum of 10-15 years of progressive experience in software engineering
- Technical Expertise: In-depth knowledge of modern software development practices, architectures, and technologies. Familiarity with both frontend and backend technologies is advantageous
- Strategic Thinking: Strong strategic and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound decisions that align with organizational objectives
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Project Management: Proficient in project planning, execution, and delivery within scope, budget, and timeline constraints
- Agile Methodologies: Experience in Agile development environments, with a deep understanding of Scrum or Kanban methodologies
- Adaptability and Innovation: Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment and drive innovation within the engineering department
- You’re proactive and results-driven, always taking initiative, aligning your actions with company goals, and delivering consistent outcomes
- Strategic and forward-thinking, you balance immediate needs with long-term opportunities to drive impactful, innovative results
- Your curiosity fuels success, keeping you sharp on industry trends, competition, and our cross-functional business dynamics
- Adaptable and resourceful, you handle shifting priorities with ease, manage your time effectively, and know when to ask for support
- You share insights to help the team stay ahead and make informed decisions
- You bring positivity and resilience to every challenge, tackling obstacles with grit and optimism that inspires those around you
- You lead with emotional intelligence, building trust, supporting others, encouraging growth, and fostering strong relationships through empathy and collaboration
What the job involves
- At Later, you'll work alongside experts who are redefining what's possible in social commerce, tackling complex challenges from AI-powered content recommendations to systems that process billions of posts daily. While our standards are high and the work is demanding, we believe social media has unprecedented power to create economic opportunity for creators and businesses worldwide
- This isn't just about building software – it's about empowering millions of entrepreneurs, creators, and businesses to transform their digital presence into sustainable growth. We're creating an accessible platform where anyone can thrive in the creator economy, from solopreneurs to global brands
- You'll be challenged to think bigger and move faster than you ever have before. The problems we solve are complex, but for those who embrace the challenge, this will be the most meaningful work of your career. Our vision is ambitious: to empower 1 billion people to make a living through their creativity by putting powerful, intuitive tools in their hands
- If you believe in democratizing digital marketing, enabling authentic connections, and building technology that creates real economic opportunity, Later is where your expertise will make a difference. Let's shape the future of social commerce together
- Ability to scope, plan, and lead large projects, with previous experience in delivering significant features and roadmap items. You have delivered multiple large features in a code base and understand how codebases evolve over time
- Experience communicating across teams, reaching out to stakeholders across the business. You feel comfortable reaching out on Slack or emailing someone you haven’t worked with yet to start a conversation about a feature or bug
- Ability to understand, clarify, and refine requirements in a rapidly growing business. You’re comfortable with some ambiguous requirements and you understand that different stakeholders have different priorities. You’re able to navigate competing interests to deliver features that delight users
- Ability to clearly communicate technical and non technical thoughts throughout the organization. You are comfortable speaking up in meetings and non technical folks feel comfortable working with you
- Being the go-to person for solving unknown problems and delivering solutions. When something breaks, your coworkers look to you as the expert for digging in and fixing issues. Nothing is too hard for you to tackle
- Continuously improving the code base and upholding a high engineering culture of PR reviews, architecture patterns, and coding styles. You understand best principles for code reviews, idiomatic code patterns in at least one language, and you know best practices for testing and deployment
- Experience mentoring and developing more junior engineers. You’re able to work with junior engineers to help level them up by guiding them through tough issues, showing them developer tricks, and helping them get to the next level
- Any other duties required by management
Our take
Platforms like Instagram, Pinterest, and TikTok have become indispensable for businesses of all sizes, shaping their marketing strategies and driving success. Later specializes in assisting customers in navigating these channels. Offering a visually oriented suite of tools, the marketing platform enables marketing managers to schedule, analyze, and track sales from their content effectively.
Focusing on small businesses, Later is doubling down on its strategy, aiming to provide additional products tailored for marketers at these enterprises while expanding its geographic reach. This expansion of product capabilities not only caters to the evolving needs of small businesses but also helps Later mitigate platform risk from social media companies mimicking its services. Partnerships with platforms like TikTok and Instagram, featuring post scheduling, analytics, and conversation tools, showcase Later's commitment to innovation and staying ahead in the competitive landscape.
In a significant development, Later recently merged with Mavrck to become one single brand under the name Later. The unified entity brings together its flagship products to drive traffic and revenue from platforms like Instagram and TikTok. This move aims to enhance user experience, drive engagement, and allow brands and creatives to achieve their social marketing and revenue goals effectively.
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Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2015
$1.2m
SEED
Dec 2014
$1.3m
SEED
Total funding: $3.8m
Company benefits
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Hybrid Work Environment
- Competitive Healthcare Benefits
- Stock Options
- Learning & Development Opportunities
Company HQ
Chinatown, Vancouver, BC
Leadership
Roger Patterson
(Co-Founder)Serial entrepreneur and Software Engineer, Roger has also co-founded Launch Academy, a non-profit grass-roots startup incubator, gaming company, Flock & Swarm Mobility and automated business intelligence company, Datacomb Data Services.
Ian Mackinn
(Co-Founder & CTO)Ian has had a hand in building enterprise-scale software products over a successful career at Google, SAP and Pulse Energy. Ian co-founded Placeling and was the Technical Lead at the mapping startup, Mapdash.
Cindy Chen
(Co-Founder)A design expert, Cindy has worked as Product Designer at Thinkific and as a Design Lead at Momentus Software.
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