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Senior Software Engineer - ICM

CaptivateIQ· Engineering
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Remote$154.5k - $225.4kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer role focused on early-stage product development (0→1) within a remote, product-driven engineering team. You’ll transform ambiguous problems into prototypes and scalable production systems, collaborating closely with design, product, and customers.

Responsibilities

  • Build 0→1 products: Create new services, features, and user experiences from scratch — often starting with rough prototypes and evolving them into scalable, production-ready systems.
  • Work through ambiguity: Take loosely defined, abstract problem spaces and transform them into clear technical and architectural approaches.
  • Partner deeply with product & design: Participate in customer discovery, sketch solutions, propose alternatives, challenge assumptions, and help define what valuable and delightful looks like.
  • Experiment rapidly: Build POCs, run technical spikes, validate ideas quickly, and iterate based on real customer feedback.
  • Influence product direction: Bring an engineering-driven perspective to what we build, how we build it, and what tradeoffs are worth making at early stages.
  • Design and build scalable systems once we validate the direction, balancing speed with long-term maintainability.
  • Raise the technical bar: Contribute to architectural discussions, coding standards, best practices, and mentoring other engineers.
  • Own quality end-to-end: From early prototypes to robust production code, you care deeply about reliability, performance, and customer experience.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience shipping real products in fast-moving environments.
  • Proven success building new products or highly exploratory features (0→1, startups, innovation labs, greenfield initiatives).
  • Comfort working with high ambiguity and incomplete information — you can define direction, propose solutions, and move work forward without waiting for perfect specs.
  • Strong customer empathy and interest in learning directly from users.
  • Fluency in full-stack development (or strong backend experience paired with solid product instincts), with hands-on experience in Python/Django, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and PostgreSQL.
  • Solid understanding of system design, APIs, performance, and scalable architecture.
  • Ability to balance speed vs. quality — you know when to build scrappy and when to build durable.
  • Excellent communication skills and willingness to collaborate across disciplines.

Skills

Required:Software engineeringFull-stack development (Python/Django, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, PostgreSQL)System design and scalable architectureCustomer empathy and collaboration

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Healthcare: 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision for all FTEs, with roughly 75% coverage for dependents.
  • Flexible Time Off: Flexible vacation days plus quarterly mental health days to ensure you have the space to recharge.
  • Annual Stipends: Dedicated funds for your professional development and caretaking needs.
  • Work Anniversary Bonuses: Annual bonuses to celebrate your milestones and contributions to the CaptivateIQ team that grow as your tenure does.
  • Retirement Savings (US-Only): A 401(k) plan to help you invest in and secure your future.
  • Premium Tools: The latest Apple hardware to empower you to do your best work.
  • Inclusive Community: Active Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that celebrate shared identities and support our DEI goals by fostering an environment where diverse talent thrives.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About CaptivateIQ

Agile commission software to design, deploy & adapt commission plans.

CaptivateIQ is on a journey to modernize the world of incentive compensation. Our hope is that people will feel more connected at work if there is greater transparency in how they are rewarded for their efforts. We partner with amazing companies like Carta, Intercom, Gong, and Newfront Insurance to simplify their commissions. Since launching in 2017, we have raised $63M and are backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, Accel, S28 Capital, Amity Ventures, and Y Combinator.

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