# Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Socket](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/socket)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Node.js, JavaScript, React, TypeScript, Postgres, GraphQL, Elasticsearch, APIs, web applications
**Posted:** 2026-01-07

> Staff Software Engineer building the Socket web application end-to-end. Requires experience on early-stage 0-1 teams, proficiency with Node.js, React, TypeScript, APIs and Postgres, plus strong product sense to shape roadmap and culture.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Contribute to the development of the Socket web application end-to-end
- Work with the design team to develop interfaces that abstract away complexities and deliver an elegant and delightful user experience
- Write APIs to deliver data from multiple data sources
- Extract and transform data from 3rd party APIs
- Help shape the roadmap and plan sprints that allow us to quickly deliver features and be agile to user feedback
- Be a key part of hiring, including interviewing and providing input into team growth decisions

## What You'll Bring
- Experience working on an early stage team in a 0-1 role
- Experience with designing and implementing production web applications
- Experience with building and integrating APIs and relational databases like Postgres
- Proficiency with Node.js, JavaScript, React, and TypeScript
- Not bound to a particular tech stack and can learn new technologies on-the-go

**Bonus points for experience with any of the following technologies:** GraphQL, ElasticSearch, Headless browsers, data pipelines

## Benefits
- Market competitive salary bands
- Meaningful equity program
- Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family (99% coverage)
- Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge
- Paid parental leave
- Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites

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