Software Engineer
Lead and scale a high‑performing engineering team at Spokeo, driving architecture, cloud strategy, and data‑centric product development to support a global people‑search platform.
About Spokeo :
Join our mission to make the world more transparent with data.
Spokeo is a people search engine that helps over 18 million monthly visitors reconnect with friends, reunite with families, and protect against fraud. Additionally, our 12 billion records and over 250 million unique profiles help business professionals locate people and assets, research criminal investigation subjects, and more.
Founded in 2006, we have grown to a company of nearly 200 dedicated employees, with flexible work locations and an average tenure of 5.3 years. Find out why we were named a “Best Company” by Comparably for Women, Compensation, Happiest Employees, Company Perks & Benefits, and Work-Life Balance, as well as “Best CEO” for co-founder Harrison Tang.
About this Opportunity
We’re looking for a technical Software Development Manager, Web Applications, to join our engineering-fueled team. You’ll work with the latest versions of React and Node.js, Scrum teams, and 4B pages to impact! You can also help further define and promote best practices for functional areas, continuous integration, automation, and coding standards.
What you’ll do:
Lead a small team of engineers with opportunities to expand your management scope.
Benefit from a supportive management structure with minimal politics, where delegation and autonomy are valued.
Own a significant area of the codebase and drive architectural direction.
Contribute directly to spokeo.com and its millions of visitors with frequent releases and a path toward continuous deployment.
Shape our development process and influence code quality standards.
Work daily with technologies such as Ruby on Rails, React, Node.js, CSS, RSpec, Elasticsearch, and SQL.
What you’ve done:
Earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or an equivalent software development-focused program.
Led web application development teams for 2+ years.
Guided scrum-based teams (e.g., as a scrum master, tech lead, or similar) for 2+ years.
Developed full-stack applications for 5+ years using technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript/React, Node.js, MVC/Rails, MySQL, NoSQL, and RESTful APIs.
Demonstrated a passion for building collaborative teams and high-quality software through a team-first leadership approach.
Exhibited excellent project management and communication skills.
Working at Spokeo
Spokeo offers a bonus program, equity plans, and 401K. Once a year, we do a discretionary, merit-based salary increase. Additional benefits include 100% medical/dental/vision coverage and unlimited employee PTO.
Spokeo extends written offers to candidates who successfully complete their selection process. Spokeo ’s offers include a base salary, participation in a company bonus program, stock opt
Posted June 20, 2026