Principal Engineer

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November 25

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A Place for Mom

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Marketplace • B2C

A Place for Mom is a U. S. -based senior care referral and marketplace that helps families find, compare, and arrange senior living and home care options, including assisted living, memory care, independent living, nursing homes, and home care providers. The company connects families with local senior living advisors, publishes guides, reviews and awards, and offers tools like cost calculators and personalized recommendations. Its service is free to families and is funded by participating senior living communities and home care providers.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2000

🏪 Marketplace

👥 B2C

📋 Description

• Architect and evolve core platform systems spanning frontend, backend, and data services, balancing performance, extensibility, and security. • Design scalable, event-driven architectures that integrate APIs, conversational interfaces, and data pipelines across products. • Lead full-stack engineering strategy across Next.js, NestJS, TypeScript, and Node.js, ensuring alignment on quality, standards, and maintainability. • Build AI-native solutions that embed intelligence and automation throughout our platform, partnering closely with Data, ML, and Product teams to translate models and insights into production-ready features. • Stay ahead of the evolving AI ecosystem, evaluating new frameworks, model interfaces, and development best practices, and championing their responsible adoption across the engineering organization. • Advance platform observability and reliability through instrumentation, alerting, and automation, owning SLAs, Web Vitals, and uptime goals. • Partner across disciplines to align technical decisions with product strategy, ensuring the platform supports AI, analytics, and experimentation needs. • Mentor senior engineers and influence architectural direction across teams, fostering a culture of learning, documentation, and accountability.

🎯 Requirements

• 14+ years of software engineering experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript stacks (React, Next.js, Node.js, NestJS). • Proven ability to architect and scale distributed, service-oriented systems with strong attention to performance and maintainability. • Deep understanding of API design, event streaming (Redis/Kafka), and real-time communication systems. • Experience with relational databases (Postgres) and data-driven service design; familiarity with GraphQL or REST service layers. • Track record of building and integrating complex web platforms that combine front-end, back-end, and data systems into unified experiences. • Excellent communicator able to explain complex technical concepts clearly across audiences from engineers to executives. • Demonstrated leadership in defining engineering standards, mentoring senior talent, and driving architectural strategy.

🏖️ Benefits

• 401(k) plus match • Dental insurance • Health insurance • Vision Insurance • Paid Time Off