Senior AI Full-Stack Staff Engineer (TypeScript/Node.js)
$150,000–$175,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Design, build, and ship full stack software across backend services, APIs, data layers, and user-facing applications while leading small engineering pods through complex, high-impact projects from discovery to delivery. Write production code, break down business requirements into technical plans, and partner with product and business stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions. Own technical quality across performance, reliability, maintainability, and security, utilizing AI coding tools to accelerate development and mentor engineers on effective AI-assisted development practices. Step into time-sensitive projects to guide architecture, task breakdown, and delivery execution, ensuring successful outcomes.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong hands-on full stack engineering background, with heavier depth in backend development
- Advanced experience with TypeScript and Node.js
- Experience with backend frameworks such as NestJS, Express, or similar
- Strong experience designing and building REST APIs and third-party integrations
- Solid frontend familiarity with React
- Experience working in AWS environments
- Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB
- CI/CD experience, preferably with GitHub Actions or similar tools
- Container experience such as ECS, Docker, or Kubernetes
- Proven ability to design solutions end-to-end, not just execute pre-defined requirements
- Experience acting as a technical lead for small engineering teams or project pods
- Strong ability to work independently in a lean, fast-moving engineering environment
- Strong product mindset and comfort working directly with business and product stakeholders
- Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Practical experience using AI coding tools beyond basic prompt-and-response usage
- Experience introducing AI-assisted development practices to an engineering team
- Architecture or solution design experience close to architect level
- Must be physically located in the US
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