Senior Software Engineer Studio

About Vibes 

Vibes’ mobile-first platform creates personal revenue-driving and long-term mobile engagement between consumers and the world-class brands they love. Industry leaders like Chipotle Kohl’s and Polo Ralph Lauren use Vibes to grow customer relationships with relevant high-volume mobile messaging and mobile wallet marketing on a global scale. Vibes enables marketers to seamlessly connect with their customers using a data-rich and API-packed solution that beautifully optimizes and unifies their SMS MMS RCS and Mobile Wallet campaigns. To learn more about Vibes visit www.vibes.com.  

Position Overview

We are seeking a collaborative proactive and results-driven senior full-stack Software Engineer to join the Studio team at Vibes.

Studio is the newest product offering at Vibes: a self-serve way for far more businesses to provision and launch RCS agents on our messaging services. Having just launched we are actively gathering customer feedback and have significant room to grow. We move with the speed and ownership of a startup while drawing on the reach and infrastructure of an established company.

We're looking for a senior engineer to help drive what comes next: someone ready to own a core domain of the product from day one set the technical bar for how we build and grow into a technical leadership role as the team scales.

This is a full-time hybrid role based in the greater Chicago area with an expectation of being in the office two days per week.

The Role

You will design build and own significant parts of the technical foundation of Studio. You'll work across the full stack developing APIs and building product features all while shaping the architecture engineering practices and product direction.

We think in projects not tickets and we start with the what and why before the how. You'll often be the project lead on the work you own responsible for understanding the deliverable before you start cutting it down to something shippable driving it to completion and releasing it. Engineering weighs in on product decisions early here so your read on what's feasible and how fast we can ship genuinely shapes what we build.

What Success Looks Like

After 6–12 months a successful hire:

• Owns one or more major areas of the system end-to-end and is the person the team turns to on them
• Ships meaningful functionality to production early and often and raises the quality bar for the team
• Leads projects to completion from a clear deliverable through the hard technical trade-offs to a deliberate release
• Makes sound high-stakes decisions under ambiguity and brings the team along on them
• Mentors teammates and improves how the whole team works not just their own output
• Is on a clear path toward a technical Lead role as the product and team grow

How We Work

• We prioritize ownership speed and a relentless focus on the customer
• We ship fast and iterate putting real product in front of customers and improving it with what we learn
• We use AI as leverage and everyone owns what they ship regardless of how it was written
• We expect engineers to engage deeply with both product and technology
• Everyone owns outcomes not just code

Responsibilities

• Own the design and delivery of full-stack features and services using React and TypeScript on AWS infrastructure
• Lead projects end-to-end owning delivery from kickoff through release
• Set the technical direction for major areas of the system including architecture and key trade-offs
• Design and maintain the public API and MCP server that alongside our web UI are the primary surfaces customers use to build on Studio
• Push the limits of how the team leverages AI to build and ship faster
• Mentor engineers through code review pairing and technical guidance
• Partner closely with product and other teams across Vibes to shape and deliver customer value
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across the stack
• Continuously improve the system and the team's engineering practices based on customer feedback and usage
• Challenge existing approaches and push for better ways to build and ship

Requirements & Qualifications

• Formal education in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience including ownership of significant production systems
• Deep expertise across the full stack
• Strong proficiency with modern JavaScript frameworks (React TypeScript)
• Proven experience designing and building APIs and backend services
• Solid experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Fluency with AI-assisted development using it as leverage without compromising quality or ownership
• A track record of owning ambiguous problems and driving them to resolution
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading feature work with the judgment to know when to lead and when to enable
• A strong sense of ownership and accountability and comfort in fast-moving environments
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Location & Work Arrangement

• Hybrid role based in Chicago
• In-office two days per week
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Our Core Values

• Respect Honesty and Integrity for All Stakeholders
• Always be Learning
• Relentless Focus on the Customer
• Never be Satisfied
• Create Value
• Seek Accountability and Ownership

Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this role is $140000 to $150000. Final compensation will be determined by factors such as relevant work experience skills and certifications. Vibes offers a full slate of benefits from competitive salaries options medical dental and vision coverage short- and long-term disability life insurance 11 paid holidays flexible vacation summer Fridays Winter Holiday break commuter benefits a 401(k) plan and match and a paid parental leave program.

Equal Opportunity

Vibes is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race color religion gender gender identity age national origin disability parental or pregnancy status marriage and civil partnership sexual orientation veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations will be made to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

What We Do

At Vibes our premier mobile messaging platform helps world-class brands intelligently automate and optimize their mobile marketing outcomes through the power of SMS MMS RCS and Mobile Wallet. Industry leaders like Chipotle Kohl’s Polo Ralph Lauren The Children's Place KFC Ulta Beauty and others use Vibes to grow their customer relationships with relevant high-volume mobile messaging and mobile wallet marketing on a global scale. Vibes enables marketers to seamlessly connect with their customers using a data-rich and API-packed solution that beautifully optimizes and unifies their SMS MMS RCS and Mobile Wallet campaigns. Vibes is the most trusted and the last independent Tier 1 aggregator in North America. Our direct carrier connections and hands-on personal service pair the messaging reach and reliability brands expect and deserve and ensure messages take the absolute fastest path from businesses to the customers they're communicating with.

Why Work With Us

At Vibes our team-first culture is all about respect lifting each other up and recognizing talent and hard work. We encourage and support all employees to chase their career goals and develop their skills through ongoing training and empowerment. Join Vibes and be a part of an energetic mobile-loving community where you can truly thrive.

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