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Our innovative haulsourcing platform powers high-quality waste and recycling services for businesses at significantly lower costs-saving our customers an average of 20%. Leveraging proprietary datasets, an advanced operating system, and a carefully curated network of 5,000+ trusted vendors, we help companies of all shapes and sizes streamline their operations while advancing sustainability efforts.\nWe’re a fast-growing, venture-backed company (just closed our Series A!) on a mission to modernize an outdated industry - and we’re just getting started. Our investors include Spark Capital, Founder Collective, Suffolk Technologies, 186 Ventures, and River Park Ventures, the same funds that backed category-defining companies like Slack, Anthropic, Uber, Venmo, and Amazon Pharmacy.\nIf you’re driven by the opportunity to build something groundbreaking, we’d love to meet you.\nAs an experienced engineer, you will help build our core SaaS platform by working with a small but rapidly growing team to develop, maintain, and deliver this innovative platform. Guided by the roadmap, you will ensure on-time, on-budget software delivery and help grow and mentor our team.\nYour experience will include recent experience architecting solutions using Typescript/Node or Go microservices.\nKey Responsibilities\nThe delivery of architecture, design, and implementation of cloud SaaS solutions based on business requirements\n\nDevelopment and maintenance of the software platform. Align the results with the requirements of the appropriate stakeholders\n\nAs a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in our team, working closely with the head of engineering and product managers, business unit leaders, and stakeholders. Your responsibilities will include managing engineering, determining team resourcing, and demonstrating your leadership skills and ability to work collaboratively.\n\nAs a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a key stakeholder in our product engineering. 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