Senior/Staff Software Engineer

The role

You will build and evolve core product experiences for the member platform. This role involves owning features end-to-end and using AI tools to accelerate development.

What you will do

• Own features end-to-end from definition to deployment and iteration
• Ship high-quality user-facing product experiences across frontend and backend
• Partner with Product and Design to solve ambiguous problems
• Leverage AI-powered development tools to increase speed
• Implement AI capabilities in the product to improve member experience
• Ship continuously and use customer behavior to drive iterations
• Make system design decisions balancing speed, scalability, and maintainability
• Build and improve developer workflows through automation and AI-assisted processes
• Evaluate new tools, frameworks, and approaches

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping production software in a product-focused environment
• Strong fullstack engineering skills (e.g., Python, Django, React, or similar modern frameworks)
• Track record of owning features or systems end-to-end and delivering measurable user impact
• Experience using AI developer tools (copilots, code agents, custom workflows) to ship faster
• Ability to drive loosely defined problems to a shipped solution without a fully specced PRD
• Product instinct to make scope and UX tradeoffs
• Clear communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical partners
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI agents and automation into development workflows and product features

Benefits

• Fresh Lunch provided on in-office days
• $150 monthly reimbursement for transit expenses
• $200 quarterly reimbursement for health and wellness
• Flexible PTO plus 14 company holidays
• 100% medical, dental, and vision for employees
• 75% coverage for dependents
• 16 weeks fully paid parental leave
• 401k plan
• Equity package
• Quarterly virtual events
• Annual in-person summit

About the company

Collective is on a mission to redefine the way businesses-of-one work. Their technology and team of advisors help members achieve financial independence through an integrated platform.