Lead Engineer – C#, Azure & React | $150K$170K + Equity | Remote (Philadelphia Area) | HighGrowth Event Planning SaaS Company

Company Description

YOU MUST LIVE IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA AND BE A U.S. CITIZEN OR GREENCARD HOLDER TO APPLY TO THIS POSITION.

Are you ready to transform the Event Planning SaaS Industry and deliver bestinclass code in an exciting startup that’s skyrocketing?

Company Overview

Our client is a fastgrowing, $3M seedfunded B2B SaaS company in the event planning and hospitality space. Their platform is trusted by over 150K venues worldwide, including major brands like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt. They’re simplifying and modernizing how event planners and hospitality teams collaborate, source, and book venues — all in one platform.

Backed by strong early traction and clear productmarket fit, they’re now building out their core engineering team. This is a highimpact, HANDSON, leadership role where you’ll help guide architecture, improve infrastructure, and take ownership of backend systems that power a categorydefining product.

Company Culture

This is an amazing opportunity if you’re looking to grow, where you will directly impact the growth and success of an incredible company and team.

Our client values accountability, an ownership mindset, and a datadriven approach. They’re a collaborative team where each person’s contributions directly impact their success. Their company is scaling fast where micromanagement does not exist, and you’ll have the freedom to think outside the box, bring fresh ideas, and get creative with your processes.

You’ll work closely with the founders and CSuite, allowing you to make a real difference and be part of strategic decisions. If youre someone who thrives in a fastpaced, entrepreneurial environment with opportunities for growth and advancement, this is the place for you!

Benefits

• Health Coverage: 100% employee and 50% dependent coverage for vision, health, and dental.

• Maternity Leave: Support for growing families.

• Future 401K Plan: Coming soon!

• Quarterly Meetups: Connect and collaborate in person with the team.

• Remote work budget and opportunities for leadership advancement.

• Job Description

  As the Lead Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of the platform — technically, strategically, and culturally. You’ll work directly with the founder and CTO, take ownership of the backend and infrastructure, and help scale the product to its next stage of growth.

  This is a great fit for someone who thrives in remote, highautonomy environments but doesn’t mind the occasional inperson sync in Philly to align on bigpicture goals.

  Responsibilities

  • Lead backend development using C# .NET — designing and maintaining APIs, data models, and business logic

  • Contribute to and support the React frontend, as needed

  • Own Azurebased deployments and DevOps processes; improve CICD and environment management

  • Collaborate closely with the founder and other stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable tech solutions

  • Architect and implement improvements across performance, scalability, and system reliability

  • Proactively present updates and technical decisions in a clear, organized way (weekly cadence expected)

  • Confidently challenge ideas that aren’t technically sound, and push for smarter solutions when needed

  • Qualifications

    • A seniorlevel engineer (6–12+ years) with deep experience in C# .NET and Azure

    • Comfortable with frontend development in React

    • Strong grasp of DevOps best practices, ideally in Azure environments

    • Microsoft Certified or equivalent experience preferred

    • You’re comfortable working directly with technical founders — and navigating tough conversations when needed

    • You value clarity, consistency, and direct communication

    • You’re assertive, thickskinned, and proactive — not afraid to push back, but always solutionoriented

    • What You’ll Love

      • Remotefirst culture with occasional inperson meetups in Philly

      • Highownership role with autonomy to shape systems from the ground up

      • Direct access to the founder and fast decisionmaking cycles

      • Clear productmarket fit, strong user base, and rapid growth phase

      • No micromanagement — just big challenges and the trust to solve them

      • If you’re a confident, senior engineer ready to lead, build, and influence the future of a fastgrowing SaaS platform — we’d love to hear from you.

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