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Software Engineer, New Grad

Location: RemoteContract type: ContractSalary: $60 – $80Posted: September 29, 2026

About the Role

Job Title: Software Engineer, New Grad Job Type: Full-time Location: Remote This is a fullstack software engineering role designed for recent graduates and early-career engineers looking to accelerate their growth by building production systems. You'll contribute to — and grow into owning — core internal platform capabilities and product features end-to-end. You'll work across internal tools, services, workflows, and AI-powered products that support our engineering, operations, and recruiting platforms. As you grow, you'll take increasing ownership of critical systems while collaborating closely with experienced engineers.

What You'll Own

  • Contribute to the design and development of end-to-end fullstack systems powering critical internal workflows and platform capabilities.
  • Build clean, maintainable backend services and APIs while learning scalable engineering best practices.
  • Develop high-quality frontend interfaces used by internal teams and end users.
  • Participate in data modeling and database optimization efforts, including schema design and query performance.
  • Collaborate with product, operations, and design teams to translate ideas into reliable, production-ready features.
  • Improve engineering quality through code reviews, testing, documentation, and continuous improvement.
  • Help troubleshoot production issues while learning how to build resilient, observable systems.
  • Develop sound engineering judgment by making thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, scalability, and maintainability.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field (recent graduate or graduating soon).
  • Internship, co-op, research, or meaningful personal/project experience building software applications.
  • Strong fundamentals in JavaScript and/or TypeScript.
  • Familiarity with frontend development using React or similar frameworks.
  • Familiarity with backend development using Node.js (NestJS is a plus).
  • Understanding of relational databases such as PostgreSQL and core data modeling principles.
  • Familiarity with RESTful APIs and how distributed applications communicate.
  • Exposure to Git and modern software development workflows.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, attention to detail, and a growth mindset.
  • Excited to learn quickly and contribute in a fast-moving engineering environment.

Preferred

  • Internship or professional software engineering experience.
  • Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD, deployment pipelines, or DevOps fundamentals.
  • Exposure to modern architectures such as microservices, serverless, or event-driven systems.
  • Interest in AI-powered products, workflow automation, or data-intensive applications.
  • Experience contributing to team projects, hackathons, open-source software, or startup environments.

Compensation & Logistics

The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $110,000 –$150,000 USD. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. micro1 provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.

Disclaimer

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