A Place For Mom

Staff Software Engineer – Web

Remote-US. Posted 3 days ago

The role

You will lead the technical direction of the public web experiences, the front door of the business, and mentor the engineers who build and maintain the web platform. The role is web-focused and full-stack, centered on Next.js, React, Node.js and the data and content systems behind the site.

What you will do

  • Lead the architecture of the Next.js and React web platform and choose the rendering strategy for each page type
  • Own mobile-first performance and Core Web Vitals: set budgets, monitor real users, drive gains
  • Partner with SEO and marketing on technical SEO, including crawlability, indexation, structured data and sitemaps
  • Build Node.js services and APIs on MongoDB and relational stores, with edge and server caching
  • Evolve the headless CMS (Sanity) so content teams can ship pages without engineering bottlenecks
  • Build experimentation and analytics foundations: feature flags, A/B tests and an event taxonomy
  • Champion testing, pipeline automation and design system adoption
  • Review code, create reference implementations and mentor engineers
  • Resolve production issues end to end and prevent recurrence
  • Architect smaller AI features such as AI-assisted search, content generation or personalization, and guide responsible AI practices

Required qualifications

  • 10+ years of software engineering with JavaScript/TypeScript, React and Node.js, including high-traffic public websites
  • Deep expertise in Next.js (or a similar framework) and rendering strategies: SSR, SSG/ISR, CSR, hydration and streaming
  • Proven record improving Core Web Vitals and mobile performance with Lighthouse, CrUX and real-user monitoring
  • Strong technical SEO knowledge, including how JavaScript rendering affects search engines
  • Working back-end knowledge: Node.js APIs and services, MongoDB and relational databases
  • Understanding of headless CMS concepts: content modeling, preview and publishing workflows
  • Understanding of experimentation, feature flagging and product analytics
  • Hands-on experience building LLM-backed features and fluency with AI coding agents
  • Experience with AWS, CDNs and edge caching
  • Strong communication skills, able to explain a technical vision simply to any audience
  • Track record of technical leadership: setting standards, mentoring and owning quality from design to production

Nice to have

  • GraphQL experience
  • Programmatic SEO at scale, such as thousands of templated location or listing pages
  • SEM landing pages and conversion rate optimization
  • Edge rendering and middleware (Vercel, CloudFront or similar)
  • Healthcare, senior care or privacy-aware analytics and consent management experience

Before you apply

  • A Place for Mom uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility of all newly hired employees
  • The company will never ask for sensitive personal information, fees, or access to financial accounts, and will not make an offer without an interview

About the company

A Place for Mom is a platform that guides families through the senior care search with free, personalized support, connecting them to vetted providers from a network of 15,000+ senior living communities and home care agencies. The company has helped millions of families since 2000.