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# Senior Engineer (Product) at Later

- **Company:** Later
- **Location:** Boston, MA / Vancouver British Columbia, Canada / Vancouver Washington, United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/later/jobs/8750778002

## Job description

Later is the world’s most intelligent influencer marketing company, built to give brands the confidence to create unforgettable campaigns. By combining real creator relationships, trusted intelligence, and expert guidance, Later removes fear and guesswork from one of marketing’s most visible investments.

Built on a native, AI-powered platform and more than a decade of proprietary data—including billions of social interactions, impressions, and $2.4B+ in verified influencer-driven purchases—Later helps teams understand what will work before they launch.

By combining trusted insight with expert guidance, Later removes guesswork from influencer marketing, enabling brands to choose the right creators, execute fully managed campaigns, and drive meaningful growth across awareness, engagement, and revenue. Trusted by leading enterprise brands including Nike, Wayfair, Unilever, and Southwest Airlines, Later bridges creativity and performance so campaigns don’t just look good—they deliver results. Learn more at [later.com](https://later.com/).

About the role:

The Senior Engineer is responsible for driving large-scale projects, delivering impactful features, and maintaining high engineering standards. You’ll solve complex problems, collaborate across teams, and mentor junior engineers while continuously improving our codebases and fostering a culture of technical excellence. With deep expertise in modern software development and Agile practices, you’ll shape how we build, scale, and innovate—directly influencing product velocity and engineering culture.

What you’ll do:

Strategy

- Scope, plan, and lead delivery of large-scale features and roadmap initiatives.
- Clarify and refine requirements across stakeholders in a fast-moving environment.
- Navigate ambiguous requirements and competing interests to deliver features that delight users.
- Contribute to long-term architectural planning and system design.

Technical / Execution

- Lead technical problem-solving for complex, cross-team challenges and production issues.
- Continuously improve the codebase by upholding high standards for code reviews, architecture, testing, and deployment.
- Ensure scalable and maintainable solutions across both frontend and backend systems.
- Act as the go-to expert for debugging, troubleshooting, and system reliability.

## Team / Collaboration

- Collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams to align on priorities and delivery.
- Clearly communicate technical and non-technical concepts across the organization.
- Participate actively in meetings, providing input that drives clarity and shared understanding.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure features meet user and business needs.

Leadership

- Mentor and develop junior engineers through coaching, pairing, and feedback.
- Champion engineering best practices, raising the bar for technical excellence across the team.
- Model emotional intelligence and resilience, building trust and inspiring growth in others.

Research / Best practices

- Stay current on emerging technologies, frameworks, and architectures.
- Promote Agile best practices and contribute to evolving team workflows (Scrum/Kanban).
- Share insights on industry trends and competitor approaches to inform product and engineering strategy.

What success looks like:

- Successful delivery of complex, high-impact features that advance business goals.
- Improved stability, scalability, and maintainability of the codebase.
- Junior engineers consistently leveling up under your mentorship.
- High trust and collaboration with cross-functional partners.
- Recognition as a technical leader and problem-solver across the organization.

What you bring:

- 7–10 years of progressive software engineering experience (leadership required)
- In-depth knowledge of modern software development practices and architectures.
- Strong track record of scoping, delivering, and evolving large-scale features.
- Experience with both frontend and backend technologies (polyglot mindset preferred).
- Proficiency in Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) and project delivery.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for all audiences.
- Strategic problem-solving ability with adaptability in fast-changing environments.
- A passion for mentoring and a commitment to fostering a culture of excellence.

How you work:

- Driven by Impact: You deliver results that matter—prioritizing high-value work, meeting deadlines, and adapting quickly while keeping outcomes clear.
- Strategic & Customer-Centric: You anticipate risks and opportunities, connect decisions to long-term growth, and build trust through proactive insights.
- Curious & Growth-Oriented: You seek knowledge, ask sharp questions, and apply learnings fast—challenging the status quo with a mindset of improvement.
- Collaborative & Resilient: You thrive in change by staying resourceful, solution-focused, and positive—removing roadblocks, sharing insights, and keeping morale high.
- Accountable & Honest: You own your work, hold yourself and others to a high bar, and use transparent feedback to drive growth.
- Emotionally Intelligent: You build trust through empathy and collaboration, foster inclusion, and inspire others with grit, optimism, and integrity.

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Our approach to compensation:

We take a market-based & data-driven approach to compensation. We leverage data from trusted third-party compensation sources to help us understand the market value of a role based on function, level, geographic location, and scope. We evaluate compensation bi-annually, including performance and market-related factors.

Our salaries are benchmarked against market Total Cash Compensation for the geographic location of our job posting. Compensation for some roles is structured as On Target Earnings (OTE = base + commission/variable) while for others it is structured as Salary only. The salary range listed for this role reflects the zones that applies to the location of this posting.

To comply with local legislation and ensure transparency, we share salary ranges on all job postings. Skills, experience and other factors help determine the final salary we offer which may vary from the original range posted.

Additionally, all permanent team members are eligible to participate in various benefits plans as part of their overall compensation package.

Salary range:

For candidates located in the US: $125,000-205,000 USD For candidates located in the Canada: $110,000-160,000 CAD

#LI-Hybrid Where we work:

We have offices in Boston, MA; Vancouver, BC; and Vancouver, WA. For select positions, we are open to hiring fully remote candidates. We post our positions in the location(s) where we are open to having the successful candidate be located.

Diversity, inclusion, and accessibility:

At Later, we are committed to fostering a culture rooted in an inclusion-first mindset at every level of the company, embracing the importance of hiring and building teams for culture add rather than culture fit. We openly build and maintain unbiased hiring, pay, and promotion practices to create a foundation for an equitable workplace, paving the way for systemic change.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or age. Please let us know if you require any accommodations or support during the recruitment process.

## About Later

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Later is a unified social media management and influencer marketing platform that helps brands schedule content, manage creators, and drive measurable revenue through AI-powered intelligence.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held; parent company Mavrck, LLC)
- **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, United States (hub cities also include Vancouver, BC; Chicago; and Vancouver, WA)
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed (the company was formed through the merger of Later and Mavrck in 2024)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Marketing Services, Social Media Technology, Influencer Marketing
- Target customers: B2B – primarily enterprise brands, SMBs, creators, and influencer marketing teams
- Mission or purpose statement: To enable the world to make a living with their creativity; building the world’s first Social Revenue Platform™.

## Products & Services
- **Later Social™**: A social media management platform (SaaS) for scheduling posts across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Pinterest. Includes a first-to-market “link in bio” tool that has tracked over 1B transactions.
- **Later Influence™**: An influencer marketing platform (SaaS) that combines creator discovery, campaign management, and performance analytics. Uses Later EdgeAI to analyze creator behavior, trends, and purchase data.
- **Later EdgeAI**: An AI layer that powers creator selection, fair rate setting, and campaign optimization based on proprietary data from billions of social interactions and $2.4B+ in verified influencer-driven purchases.
- **Managed Services**: Full-service influencer campaign management for enterprise clients, including creator vetting, brand safety checks, and performance reporting.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: $2.4B+ in verified influencer-driven purchases; 1B+ link-in-bio transactions tracked; 136B annual impressions from scheduled posts (self-reported). Estimated annual revenue of $5.4M (per third-party data, not officially confirmed).
- **Total Funding**: $3.8M across 4 rounds (per LinkedIn, likely from earlier stage; company has not disclosed recent rounds)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Official integrations with Meta, TikTok, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Pinterest. Trusted by enterprise brands including Nike, Wayfair, Unilever, and Southwest Airlines.
- **Growth Signals**: 390 employees (+14% YoY); 60+ active job postings; expanded to 13 countries; recent merger of Later and Mavrck to create a unified platform.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Data Moat**: Access to billions of social interactions, $2.4B+ in verified purchase data, and 1B+ link-in-bio transactions – providing unique insights into creator performance and consumer behavior.
- **AI-Powered Intelligence**: Later EdgeAI combines creator behavior, trending content, and purchase data to reduce guesswork in campaign planning.
- **Unified Platform**: Only solution that bridges social media management (scheduling, link in bio) with influencer marketing (creator discovery, campaign management) under one roof.
- **Platform Partnerships**: Deep integrations with all major social networks, giving users direct API access for scheduling and analytics.

## Strategic Focus
- **Social Revenue Platform™**: Unifying social media managers, influencer managers, and creators into a single collaborative environment to drive predictable ROI.
- **AI & Automation**: Continuing to invest in AI to automate creator selection, rate negotiation, and performance forecasting.
- **Enterprise Expansion**: Growing enterprise client base (Nike, Wayfair, Unilever, Southwest Airlines) and scaling managed services.
- **Creator Monetization**: Building tools that help creators earn directly through affiliate marketing and brand collaborations.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Emphasizes innate curiosity, customer obsession, fearless honesty, succeeding together, and working hard. Committed to diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid work model with hub offices in Boston, Vancouver (BC), Chicago, and Vancouver (WA). Flexible paid time off and competitive healthcare benefits.
- **Learning & Development**: Offers learning opportunities and market-competitive compensation.
- **Employee Sentiment**: Glassdoor rating of 3.1/5 (170 reviews) – with strengths in compensation (3.6) and weaknesses in work-life balance (3.1) and career growth (3.3). Note that reviews may reflect pre-merger entities.
- **Growth Opportunity**: Rapidly scaling company (14% headcount growth) with active hiring across sales, partnerships, product, engineering, and creator success.

## Sources
1. [later.com](https://later.com/) – Product descriptions, key metrics, partnerships
2. [Later Careers Page (Greenhouse)](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/later) – Job listings, values, commitment to diversity
3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/later-official) – Employee count, funding, revenue estimate, recent departures
4. [Built In Profile](https://builtin.com/company/later-latercom) – Office locations, total employees, year founded

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