Senior Software Engineer II

To thrive as a company and meet our impact goals, we must cultivate a culture of high-performance. You can read about our culture principles here . We know managers are often the single-largest driver of employee satisfaction and growth, and our talent is our biggest asset. Because of that, we’ve identified consistent expectations for all of Guild’s people managers — helping you know what to expect from your experience here. If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our Internal Job Board . ---- Guild is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to join our Member Experiences pillar, focused on building guided core member experiences which are personalized, intuitive, and delightful. In this role, you will design and deliver robust software solutions that serve the evolving needs of members pursuing learning and career growth opportunities. We’re looking for a self-driven, product-minded engineer who thrives in fast-paced environments and is comfortable navigating ambiguity. You will collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to develop adaptable, high-impact systems that help our partners deliver seamless access to Guild’s education benefits and coaching services. As a senior member of the team, you’ll contribute from day one; crafting high-quality, scalable solutions that can keep pace with Guild’s rapid growth and the dynamic volume of client and user needs. As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will: Develop and maintain robust software systems that power core member experiences; ranging from user-facing applications to internal tools and supporting service layers; ensuring performance, maintainability, and adaptability. Partner with senior and staff engineers to design modular, observable, and secure architectures that scale with Guild’s growth and accommodate evolving business needs and high-volume client demands. Write clean, testable, and reusable code. Contribute to end-to-end development including testing, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and deployment, ensuring high availability and quality in releases. Lead by example in code quality, technical decision-making, and documentation practices. Create and contribute to design documents, architecture decision records (ADRs), and technical discussions that communicate trade-offs clearly. Work closely with product managers, designers, operations teams, and external client technical teams to translate business requirements into effective engineering solutions. Contribute to planning, estimation, and execution of product roadmap items. Use operational data; such as logs, metrics, and user feedback; to identify and implement enhancements in performance, reliability, and developer velocity. Take ownership of resolving issues and driving root cause analysis and sustainability. Improve internal development processes, tools, and workflows to enhance code quality, speed of delivery, and system security. Participate in on-call rotations and incident response. Provide constructive code reviews and mentorship to help elevate teammates and build a high-performing engineering culture. You are a strong fit if you have: 5+ years of software development experience with: Python, TypeScript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and GraphQL Hands-on experience with: AWS services, including Lambda, Serverless Framework, Glue, API Gateway, and CDK or other Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools A deep understanding of: the full software development lifecycle; from gathering technical requirements and selecting technologies to deploying and maintaining production systems AI Experience: Utilizing AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar; Experience integrating LLM APIs (e.g., OpenAI) and building AI-powered features, including assistants, summarization, RAG workflows, and vector search Ideal Candidate Qualities: Demonstrated success working in a production AWS microservices environment Ability to write simple, clean, and maintainable code Brings thou