Staff Software Engineer

*PLEASE NOTE: This role is open to both hybrid and remote candidates. Hybrid requires in-person attendance at least 3 days a week (ideally Tuesday-Thursday) in our Charlotte, NC office. Additionally, this position does not offer visa sponsorship.*

Why This Role Matters 

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the form-flow-based platform responsible for more than one-half of company revenue. You'll own critical architecture decisions, guide platform development, and help scale a mature, enterprise-grade financial application. 

This isn’t a lightly scoped feature team role—it’s a key position with tangible user and business impact. If you’re motivated by technical depth, architectural clarity, and working within a team that builds with pride and purpose, this role is for you. 

 What You’ll Own 

• Lead development and architectural strategy across a platform that powers form flows, integrated financial services, and dynamic, user-driven UI components 

• Own and scale an enterprise level platform, including: 

• React/Redux SPA with Web Components and Shadow DOM for modularity and performance 

• Node.js-based API with over 100 endpoints, complete with circuit breakers, external integrations, and caching strategies 

• Provide platform level support to the rest of the organization 

• Manage infrastructure deployed via AWS ECS, supporting automated CI/CD pipelines and robust observability 

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business goals into scalable systems that balance user agency and revenue performance 

• Lead other engineers and elevate the technical bar through reviews and strong leadership that directs and challenges peers toward better solutions 

 What We’re Looking For 

• Experience : Degree in computer science or related field and 10+ years of experience working with enterprise level codebases with MERN or similar tech stacks 

• Architecture Experience: Built or scaled distributed systems or platforms with clear service boundaries and strong reliability 

• Technical Leadership: Deep knowledge of modern front-end (React/Redux) and back-end (Node.js or similar) development practices in a microservice environment 

• Business-Driven Thinking: Proven ability to deliver on systems that impact real users and revenue, not just internal tooling 

• Innovation: Experience introducing performance optimizations, reusable patterns, or custom frameworks for platform evolution 

• Exceptional communication and organizational skills: Demonstrate the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts in both verbal and written English for a range of audiences including engineers, product stakeholders, and leadership 

• A Craftsman approach:  A deep commitment to building solutions with simplicity, elegance and apply that to any code you touch 

Technical Expertise 

• Expert experience with React (SPA), Redux, Web Components, Shadow DOM, advanced rendering optimization 

• Expert experience with: Node.js microservices, RESTful APIs, circuit breakers, caching layers, and 3rd party integrations 

• Familiarity with AWS ECS, containerized deployments, GitLab CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring/observability 

• To be successful in this role you will need deep knowledge of how JavaScript works – Ex. Understand how the execution stack works and to be able to articulate programing concepts. 

 What We Offer Staff Engineers 

• A well-defined scope and strategic role—you’ll lead by building, not just coordinating 

• Clear alignment with leadership on technical vision, platform strategy, and resourcing 

• Opportunity for growth—with Principal and Architect-level paths available. 

• Supportive tech culture that values technical rigor and engineering excellence 

Join Us If... 

You want to lead with impact. You think across systems and business lines. And you believe users should feel in control of their experience, supported by smart systems that are fast, reliable, and just work. 

COMPANY

LendingTree is the nation’s largest online lending marketplace. That means we connect customers with multiple lenders, so they find the best deals on loans, credit cards, savings accounts and insurance. Our goal is to help people save money, and we believe the best way to do that is by giving them a way to shop for loans and compare lenders, so they make their best financial choices.
Our CEO Doug Lebda founded the company in 1996 after a frustrating house-hunting experience. In those days, we mostly helped people find good mortgage deals. Now, we help consumers find their best in personal loans, auto loans, business loans, student loans, credit cards, savings accounts, home equity loans and more.

What else you should know:

• We’re a publicly-traded company (TREE).
• We’ve welcomed several other companies into the LendingTree family to augment our efforts at helping borrowers make their most sensible financial choices.
• We’ve built the LendingTree app and My LendingTree dashboard to give consumers tools to manage and monitor their financial health.

Incentive Compensation: Annual bonus opportunity

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) matching, life insurance, pet insurance, and a competitive PTO (paid time off) policy

The base pay range for this position in Seattle/New York/Colorado/California is $135,000-$185,000 however, base pay offered may vary depending on internal factors, job-related knowledge, and experience.

CULTURE

We’re a fast-paced company with an entrepreneurial bend. We work hard and test our products often. We’re collaborative, ambitious, candid and high-energy. Our teammates are some of the brightest, most talented people you’ll ever work with. We care more about your smarts than we do about the kinds of clothes you wear (but please, do wear clothes to work!), and we’re pretty good about rewarding innovation, creativity and the knack for just getting stuff done (we even have an award for employees called the GSD, “Get Stuff Done”). Come work with us!

LendingTree is the kind of company that not only promotes diversity and inclusion; we thrive because of these values. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion (or creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or military status.

This is an opportunity for full-time employment. Please no third parties or Corp to Corp.

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