Senior Software Engineer I - Full Stack

SurveyMonkey is the world’s most popular platform for surveys and forms, built for business-loved by users. We combine powerful capabilities with intuitive design, effectively serving every use case, from customer experience to employee engagement, market research to payment and registration forms. With built-in research expertise and AI-powered technology, it’s like having a team of expert researchers at your fingertips.

Trusted by millions-from startups to Fortune 500 companies-SurveyMonkey helps teams gather insights and information that inspire better decisions, create experiences people love, and drive business growth. Discover how at surveymonkey.com.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer I who enjoys solving new and interesting technical challenges and brings fresh perspectives to building and improving our platform. In this role, you’ll join our engineering team and contribute to solutions that support both our internal systems and customer-facing experiences. Your technical expertise and contributions will play an important role in the team’s success, while giving you opportunities to continue expanding your own skills and influencing engineering excellence. This is an opportunity to take ownership of meaningful work, collaborate across teams, and help shape the continued evolution of our platform.

What you’ll be working on

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality front-end and back-end code to deliver reliable, scalable web applications.

• Build and maintain scalable services across multiple data regions, supporting the performance and reliability of our platform.

• Own feature components end-to-end, from contributing to technical specifications through implementation, testing, and delivery, while following software engineering best practices.

• Build observable systems and establish meaningful metrics to monitor service health, identify opportunities for improvement, and inform product decisions.

• Develop and maintain robust APIs and integrations that support our platform and customer-facing experiences.

• Contribute to a culture of collaboration, quality, and continuous improvement through testing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing across the engineering team.

We’d love to hear from people with

• 6+ years of professional experience in web application development, with strong full-stack engineering expertise.

• Experience contributing to and delivering components of large-scale, cross-functional engineering projects.

• Proven experience designing and building scalable services and APIs, including working with REST and/or GraphQL and integrating with internal and external services.

• Proficiency in backend programming languages such as Java or Python, along with relevant web frameworks such as Spring Boot, FastAPI, or Flask.

• Hands-on experience with modern front-end technologies, including JavaScript, TypeScript, and React, along with a strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.

• Demonstrated experience using AI-powered development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or GitHub Copilot as part of your daily development workflow. This includes applying these tools to multi-file refactoring, executing technical specifications, and managing context to support effective development.

• Familiarity with integrating AI/LLM APIs, prompt engineering, or building AI-powered features into modern web applications is a plus.

SurveyMonkey believes in-person collaboration is valuable for building relationships, fostering community, and enhancing our speed and execution in problem-solving and decision-making.As such, this opportunity is hybrid and requires you to work from the SurveyMonkey office in Bengaluru 1 day per week.

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Why SurveyMonkey? We’re glad you asked

At SurveyMonkey, curiosity powers everything we do. We’re a global company where people from all backgrounds can make an impact, build meaningful connections, and grow their careers. Our teams work in a flexible, hybrid environment with thoughtfully designed offices and programs like the CHOICE Fund to help employees thrive in work and life.

We’ve been trusted by organizations for over 25 years, and we’re just getting started. Our milestones include celebrating a quarter-century of curiosity with25 acts of giving, opening new hubs in Costa Rica and India, crossing the threshold of 100 billion questions answered, and earning recognition as one of the Most Inspiring Workplaces across North America and Asia.

We live ourcompany values -like championing inclusion and making it happen-by embedding them into how we hire, collaborate, and grow. They help shape everything from our culture to our business decisions. Come join us and see where your curiosity can take you.

Our commitment to an inclusive workplace

SurveyMonkey is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We celebrate the unique differences of our employees because that is what drives curiosity, innovation, and the success of our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.

Your data

For more information on how SurveyMonkey (including its subsidiary and affiliated companies) processes your personal data as a job candidate or applicant, please see our Global Applicant and Candidate Data Privacy Notice. Please note that we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as sourcing candidates, reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or summarizing interviews. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment.