Senior Engineer

About Collective:

Collective is on a mission to redefine the way businesses-of-one work. Collective’s technology and team of trusted advisors enables our members to achieve financial independence by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services and access to a thriving community, all in one integrated platform. We believe in empowering self-employed people to enjoy the same tax savings that big companies get.

Featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Techcrunch and more. We’re backed by General Catalyst, Sound Ventures (Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary), QED Investors, Google’s Gradient Ventures, Expa and prominent investors who have financed and built iconic companies like YouTube, Substack, Twitch, Box, Hims, Instacart, Lyft, and more.

About the Role:

As a Senior Engineer on the Collective team, you will have the unique opportunity to guide the future of freelance work. You will serve as the main point of contact for all things related to technical architecture -- backend and frontend. The team will rely on your innovative solutions to complex technical problems. We want to create an environment where our engineers have autonomy and purpose.

As part of our passionate team, you will mainly implement both frontend and backend Web Application of Collective using Django and React over GitHub. You will implement some customer-facing React pages. You will also implement some APIs that enable our system to integrate with third-party tools and partners over our backend. We will also be working on some automation systems, which will aim to decrease our operation team’s workload.

• Working closely with the engineering and product team, implement both frontend and backend of Collective
• Contribute team effort to develop technical solutions, 100% hands-on development
• Implement 3rd party integrations with using their APIs and webhooks
• Develop documentation to aid onboarding and debugging, as well as capturing best practices for team cohesion
• Implement unit testings which will help us to have bug-free releases

What we need you to bring:

• 6+ years of experience in Back-End development in fast-paced environments
• 3+ years of experience in Front-End development in fast-paced environments
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
• Deep understanding of algorithms and CS fundamentals
• Expert level Python & Django
• Moderate experience with React
• Test-driven development / best practices engineering
• Resourceful, creative, and able to find innovative ways to achieve results
• Comfortable with change and able to work in a fast-paced environment, previous startup experience highly preferred
• Experience in RESTful API development/implementation
• Experience in AWS or Heroku management

Bonus points with:

• Startup experience
• Experience in security implementation
• Automation experience between the software systems

Current tech environment:

• Django
• React
• PostgreSQL
• Heroku

What we offer in return:

• A dynamic, diverse, and collaborative team with flexibility around where you work.
• Competitive salary, MacBook Pro, AirPods and full remote work set up
• Team events, workshops, and virtual gatherings!

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Collective, we don’t just accept differences — we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our customers, and our community. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’re good at what you do, come as you are. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Collective is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.