Senior Software Engineer, II, Full-Stack

Stride enables independent workers to reap the benefits of their independence.

We simplify the challenges of being self-employed by helping workers handle the complexities of insurance, finances, and taxes — in one convenient platform. Since we were founded in 2014, we have helped over 3.7 million workers save an estimated $5.4 billion on their taxes and monthly health insurance premiums.

Stride partners with over 100 leading companies like Uber, Amazon, DoorDash, and Instacart to provide their independent workers with access to our benefits platform. The company is backed by $96 million in capital from Venrock, New Enterprise Associates, Fidelity’s F-Prime Capital Partners, Mastercard, Allstate and King River.

The Role: Senior Software Engineer, II, Full-Stack (2 Openings Across Different Teams)

At Stride, we're growing our Engineering team and hiring two Senior Software Engineers to join us in advancing our mission to make benefits accessible and affordable for all. This is a unique opportunity to join one of two critical teams—Consumer or Platform/SaaS—both of which play a key role in building products that support millions of individuals and our trusted partners.

While each role is embedded in a distinct product area, both share a core set of responsibilities and values: strong full-stack development, scalable infrastructure, and a commitment to security, quality, and cross-functional collaboration.

_Cash compensation range: $171,000 - $186,000 USD annually + equity_About the Teams:

• Consumer Team: This team focuses on enhancing Stride’s core consumer-facing experience and insurance product suite. You’ll help drive the user journey for individuals navigating their benefits and coverage options. Your work will directly impact the experience of independent workers as they sign up for and manage their healthcare and insurance needs.
• Platform/SaaS Team: This team owns Stride’s engineering platform and partner-facing SaaS tools, building the systems and infrastructure that power our agent, broker, and platform integrations. Your work will enable partners to efficiently manage their users and will directly contribute to the scalability and success of our B2B offerings.

What You’ll Do (across both teams):

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-quality full-stack applications using Node.js, React, and modern web technologies.
• Lead the development of both backend and frontend features with attention to performance, accessibility, and reusability.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural principles.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, UX, QA, and Engineering leadership to define goals, ship features, and support iterative improvement.
• Take ownership of core areas of the codebase, infrastructure, and deployment processes using infrastructure-as-code principles.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers to help grow the team's skills and capabilities
• Partner with DevOps and Security teams to ensure compliance and best practices in security and reliability.

Experience & Qualifications:

We recognize that some groups are less likely to apply to a role if they don’t meet 100% of the listed qualifications. We encourage you to apply if you meet a majority of the qualifications and this role is aligned with your career trajectory.

When reviewing resumes we’ll be looking to see that you have:

• Senior-level experience (strong leadership, strategic thinking, expert problem-solving, effective communication, and the ability to mentor others while driving high-impact results and navigating complex challenges.) in full-stack web development, typically 7+ years.
• Developed proficiency due to extended use of TypeScript, JavaScript, and a JavaScript framework (React preferred).
• Experience with RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and package dependencies management (NPM/Yarn).
• Experience with secure coding practices and data security.
• Deployed apps/services to cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).

If we have an opportunity to engage you in your interview process, we’ll look to assess that you:

• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Actively listen and display empathy
• Flexibly assist scrum teams or other initiatives when needed
• Have a strong bias for alignment, action and growth

Compensation & Benefits

Stride’s Compensation Philosophy utilizes a National Payscale, which is designed to fairly and equitably pay employees based on their performance and impact regardless of geographic location. For employees in the United States, our National Payscale leverages San Francisco Bay Area market data to determine our compensation bands for cash, commissions, or bonus (if applicable) and equity.

Unless otherwise noted, the cash compensation above is the total salary and does not include a bonus. In addition to cash compensation, all full-time Striders will be given stock options to participate in Stride’s equity incentive program. We want all Striders to be an owner of the company, value that ownership, and be able to participate in any future positive outcomes for the company.

Individual compensation packages are based on a few different factors unique to each candidate and assessed throughout our interview process, including their skills, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons. Our compensation ranges are designed to be competitive, equitable, and growth-oriented.

We know that benefits are also an important piece of your total compensation package. To learn more about what’s included in total compensation, check out some of the benefits and perks Stride offers to all US-based employees, here