Senior Software Engineer
People Finders
Sacramento, CA · Posted November 10, 2026
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About the job
PeopleFinders.com, the premier online service for consumers to locate, contact and verify people and businesses. Over the past couple of decades the Company has quietly become one of the largest owners of public records data in the country, distributing its products over a vast network of websites.
PeopleFinders is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build and improve our people search products. Our core platform runs on C#/.NET, with supporting projects in PHP/Laravel, Python, and Node.js.
This is a hands-on role for an engineer who can own a solution from design through production, including application development, AWS infrastructure using Terraform, and AI-powered features.
Salary - $115k-$130k
What You’ll Do
Build and maintain applications, services, and APIs using C#/.NET.
Improve performance, reliability, and scalability across our search and data platforms.
Develop AI-powered features and integrate AI models with our products and internal systems.
Build and support checkout, payment processing, and subscription billing integrations.
Manage application infrastructure in AWS using Terraform, working with our SRE team.
Contribute to supporting projects in PHP/Laravel, Python, and Node.js as needed.
Own delivery from technical design through testing, deployment, and production support.
Review code, mentor engineers, and help improve engineering practices.
What We’re Looking For
7+ years of software engineering experience, with strong C#/.NET and SQL Server expertise.
Experience building and supporting production APIs and web applications.
Experience with e-commerce and payment processing, including payment gateway integrations, checkout flows, recurring billing, and reliable handling of payment events and failures.
Hands-on experience with AWS and Terraform.
Experience shipping AI-powered features, including integrating LLMs with application data and workflows.
Experience using AI coding tools effectively while reviewing and validating their output.
Experience designing and building microservices, including asynchronous messaging with RabbitMQ, exchange and queue configuration, message routing, retries, dead-letter queues, and failure handling.
Hands-on experience with GitOps continuous delivery using Argo CD, including managing Kubernetes manifests or Helm charts, promoting releases across environments, and troubleshooting sync and rollback issues.
Comfort working across multiple languages and existing codebases.
Strong troubleshooting skills and ownership of production quality.
Clear communication and the ability to turn business needs into practical technical solutions.
Nice to Have
Experience with high-traffic consumer websites, search platforms, or subscription products.
Familiarity with PHP/Laravel, Python, Node.js, Next.js, and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience working with large datasets, caching, and background processing.
Frontend development experience with React, Angular, or Vue.
Familiarity with technical SEO and answer engine optimization (AEO).
Experience using PageSpeed Insights and improving Core Web Vitals, page load speed, and overall frontend performance.
Benefits
Flexible PTO
401K match
Medical, Dental and Vision
Life Insurance