# Software Engineer at Ethos

- Company: Ethos
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- Company website: https://www.ethoslife.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $96K to $169K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ethoslife/jobs/8635727002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/ethos-software-engineer/

## About the role

As a Software Engineer, you'll work across the stack and be responsible for building scalable platform services and systems. You’ll work closely with other engineers to build and ship key features. We are detail oriented and value clean, modular, and high-performing code. You'll help architect and build our internal standards and frameworks. You are preferably located in San Francisco or willing to relocate. This is a hybrid role with at least 2 days in office and 3 days remote each week.

## What they're looking for

- 2-5 years of relevant experience in a software engineering role
- Full stack engineering experience in Javascript, Typescript, Node or Python
- Experienced with software engineering best practices – design patterns, code reviews, unit and integration testing, etc
- Ability to communicate technical specifications both verbal and written
- Understanding of security, common attacks and defenses
- Experience shipping features behind an A/B testing or feature flag platform, such as Optimizely

Tags: Software Engineering