Senior Software Engineer Job at ActiveCampaign (Chicago)

Senior Software Engineer

ActiveCampaign

Location:
United States , Chicago

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

153317.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Software Engineers work as part of a cross-functional product team in the design, implementation and maintenance of ActiveCampaign's software product. This position will collaborate with the team to perform full-stack engineering, design and build new features and capabilities, and solve technical problems. This role will join the Partner Platform Team that builds and maintains our partner portal and APIs that empower hundreds of partners to manage thousands of customers' accounts within the ActiveCampaign software.

Job Responsibility:

Independently produce high quality, tested code according to modern coding standards, best practices and architectural technical vision
Deliver complex and large features working with cross-functional teams including UX, Product Team, ARG and more
Build maintainable, scalable and comprehensive systems
Participate in detailed code reviews, providing helpful and specific feedback to teammates and advocating for improved standards
Author and execute feature-level or project-level test plans
Capably troubleshoot and debug large-scale systems (user base of 150k+) and legacy systems
Create observability tooling including alerts and dashboards to measure and optimize production systems
Support legacy & modern services and applications in the public cloud and deploy them through CI/CD practices
Execute, monitor and validate production changes
Produce documentation for help guides, code comments, service playbooks, and at times, technical designs

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related engineering field, or foreign equivalent
5 years of relevant experience in software engineering or a related occupation
5 years of experience developing SaaS systems using REST APIs or micro-services on Kubernetes
5 years of experience developing using frameworks including: Slim, Symfony or GraphOL
5 years of experience using tool including Gitlab, Vault, Grafana, Jira, PHPStorm or Pycharm
5 years of experience working in a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
4 years of experience working with front-end languages including: JavaScript, React, JQuery, Typescript, CSS or HTML
4 years of experience using data stores including: MySQL DB, DynamoDB, NoSQL or Redis
4 years of experience of formal onboarding, training or mentoring other software engineers
4 years of experience producing automated test to complement code written
4 years of experience completing projects as a major contributor
4 years of experience designing systems using OOP, DDD or SOLID
4 years of experience using auth services or formats such as OAuth or JWT
2 years of experience using services including: Kafka, AWS services or ElasticSearch
Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, and experience

What we offer:

Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Top-tier benefits package that includes a fully-covered High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), complimentary access to telehealth services, and a free subscription to Calm
Growth & Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning, professional development programs, and career growth opportunities in a fast-growing organization
Generous Paid Time Off: Recharge and take the time you need to maintain work-life balance with open PTO
Total Rewards: Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting, quarterly perks with commuter and lunch benefits for hub based employees or a stipend for remote workers, and a four-week paid sabbatical with bonus after five years
Collaborative Culture: Work alongside brilliant, passionate colleagues in an environment that values innovation, teamwork, and mutual support

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 01, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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