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Role: Staff Software Engineer Location: Brooklyn, NY or San Mateo, CA (1 day onsite per week) Duration: FTE Pay Rate: $200,000 to $220,000 Overview: We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide senior technical leadership across full-stack application development and platform initiatives. This is a hands-on role focused on designing, building, and scaling reliable, high-performance applications and services. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, MongoDB, NoSQL, Rust, and GCP, along with the ability to influence architecture and engineering decisions across teams. Must Have: • JavaScript/TypeScript • NodeJS • GCP – Big Query • MongoDB • NoSQL • RUST Responsibilities: • Lead the design and development of scalable full-stack applications and backend services. • Drive architectural decisions across application, API, and platform layers. • Develop production applications and services using JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js. • Design and optimize data solutions using MongoDB and NoSQL databases. • Contribute to application and backend development using Rust. • Build and support cloud-native solutions on GCP, including BigQuery. • Improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability. • Partner with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams to translate requirements into technical solutions. • Provide technical mentorship and influence engineering standards across teams. • Participate in design reviews, code reviews, troubleshooting, and production issue resolution. Required Skills: • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience. • Experience working at Staff Engineer or equivalent senior technical scope. • Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript and TypeScript. • Strong full-stack application development experience. • Strong experience with Node.js. • Production experience with MongoDB and NoSQL databases. • Experience with GCP and cloud-based application development. • Experience with BigQuery. • Strong software architecture and distributed systems experience. • Experience developing scalable APIs and production services. • Strong debugging, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills. • Experience with Rust. Preferred Skills: • Experience with React or Vue.js. • Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure. • Experience with event-driven or distributed architectures. • Experience scaling SaaS or high-availability applications. • Experience with DevOps, SRE, observability, and production reliability practices. • Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams. • Experience working in healthcare, safety-critical, or other highly reliable environments.

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Role: Staff Software Engineer
Location: Brooklyn, NY or San Mateo, CA (1 day onsite per week)
Duration: FTE
Pay Rate: $200,000 to $220,000
JavaScript/TypeScript
GCP – Big Query
Lead the design and development of scalable full-stack applications and backend services.
Drive architectural decisions across application, API, and platform layers.
Develop production applications and services using JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js.
Design and optimize data solutions using MongoDB and NoSQL databases.
Contribute to application and backend development using Rust.
Build and support cloud-native solutions on GCP, including BigQuery.
Improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
Partner with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Provide technical mentorship and influence engineering standards across teams.
Participate in design reviews, code reviews, troubleshooting, and production issue resolution.
8+ years of professional software engineering experience.

Nice-to-haves

Experience with React or Vue.js.
Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure.
Experience with event-driven or distributed architectures.
Experience scaling SaaS or high-availability applications.
Experience with DevOps, SRE, observability, and production reliability practices.
Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams.
Experience working in healthcare, safety-critical, or other highly reliable environments.

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javascripttypescriptnode.jsrustgcpnodejsapireactvuekubernetes

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