# Software Engineer (Senior-Level)

**Company:** [Chestnut](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/chestnut)
**Location:** Seattle, WA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, TypeScript, React, Tailwind, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Temporal, Dagster, Postgres, Snowflake, DynamoDB, Microservices
**Posted:** 2025-07-30

> Build and scale core systems including Go microservices, event-driven workflows, and React UIs for AI-driven insurance platform. Requires 5+ years experience in production systems, systems thinking, and full-stack development across modern infra stack.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Lead the design and development of core systems - from Go microservices and event-driven workflows to React UIs and automation layers
- Partner cross-functionally to scope, prioritize, and deliver high-impact features that drive real business outcomes
- Own architecture and implementation decisions end-to-end, ensuring long-term scalability and reliability
- Contribute to and evolve core infrastructure, including observability, permissions, and developer experience
- Set the bar for technical excellence - mentoring teammates, improving processes, and helping us scale with confidence

## You Might Be a Fit If You…
- Have 5+ years of experience building and scaling production systems
- Thrive in early-stage environments and enjoy wearing many hats
- Write clean, maintainable code and care about craftsmanship
- Think in systems and design with an eye toward flexibility and resilience
- Take ownership, act with urgency, and bias toward progress over perfection
- Are energized by real-world complexity, data modeling, and automation
- Want to help define the future of engineering at Chestnut

## Our Stack
**Languages:** Go, TypeScript  
**Frontend:** React, Tailwind  
**Infra:** K8s, ArgoCD, Kargo, Temporal, Dagster  
**Data:** Postgres, Dynamo, Snowflake

## Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity, with 10 year exercise window for stock options
- Remote-first culture built on trust, autonomy, and high performance
- Team offsites for all of us to bond
- Take what you need vacation policy
- Top notch health, dental, and vision insurance subsidized by us

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