Software Engineer

Core responsibilities:

• Design and implement configuration-driven solutions so customer differences live outside core business logic whenever possible
• Create reusable building blocks and deterministic patterns for common "last-mile" workflows (e.g., request intake → validation → orchestration → delivery)
• Partner with CSD PM/Delivery, GTM, and impacted feature teams to clarify scope, success metrics, ownership, and risks
• Design solutions with observability in mind (logs, metrics, traces, alerting), and use operational data to drive stability and performance improvements

This role helps Guild deliver customer-specific capabilities while protecting the company's ability to scale, ultimately transforming talent into high-impact contributors and positioning companies for long-term, sustainable growth.

Required skills and qualifications:

• Strong backend engineering fundamentals and a track record of delivering production-grade systems
• Proficiency in (or ability to quickly learn) TypeScript and Python; comfort working across multiple codebases and service boundaries
• Experience building and operating in a cloud ecosystem (AWS), including understanding of deployment, monitoring, and operational excellence
• Strong research/investigation skills: you can turn ambiguity into clarity through logs, data, reproduction, and reasoning
• Strong experience with relational databases and data modeling, including writing complex SQL queries, working with PostgreSQL, and designing, optimizing, and maintaining RDBMS-backed systems in production environments

Compensation and benefits:

• Base salary: $130,000 - $150,000
• Stock options
• Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Collective Health and Kaiser
• Access to a 401k to help save for the future
• Vacation policy to rest and recharge
• 8 days of fully-paid sick leave
• Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents
• Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
• Education benefits and tuition assistance