Software Engineer (Node.js, Go)

Location: Remote (Must be based in specific US states: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, MA, MD, MI, MN, MT, NE, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, WA)

Annual Base Salary: $170,000 - $195,000

Company

Lob is transforming the way businesses use direct mail by bringing technology to a traditionally manual channel through a modern logistics and fulfillment engine.

What you will do

• Develop billing and payments solutions and integrations with internal and external accounting systems.
• Build resilient, observable services running on AWS using SQS, Lambda, and related infrastructure.
• Partner with product, finance, and cross-functional engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Drive adoption of automated tests, CI/CD, and robust deployment practices.
• Coach and mentor engineers and contribute to hiring to raise the team's engineering standards.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, testing, and documentation.

Requirements

• 4–8 years of experience as a software engineer.
• Strong experience with Node.js and/or Go; familiarity with Vue.js or similar frontend frameworks.
• Experience with relational DBs (Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL/kv stores (Redis).
• Strong background building RESTful and RPC-style APIs and integrating third-party APIs.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or other IaC.
• Must be based in one of the listed US states to be eligible for remote work.

Nice to have

• Experience optimizing high-throughput, latency-sensitive workloads.
• Strong experience in debugging applications and identifying complex issues.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation including base salary and RSUs.
• Flexible remote working opportunities across multiple US states.
• Culture of high collaboration and psychological safety.
• Environment focused on professional growth and elevating career potential.
• Equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to diversity.