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AprilAprilNew York, NY

Staff Full-Stack Engineer

Lead design and development of scalable full-stack systems at a tax intelligence platform. Requires 8+ years of experience with distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and modern frontend frameworks.

220k – 240k
Hybrid8+ YOEFullstack Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Lead critical, cross-functional engineering initiatives from design to development and deployment, ensuring quality and scalability
  • Participate in technical decision-making and knowledge sharing across multiple teams
  • Collaborate with Product, UX, and other stakeholders to deliver seamless and data-driven experiences
  • Evaluate and introduce new tools, technologies, and practices that raise the bar for engineering excellence
  • Guide by example - service ownership, observability, and operational best practices across the engineering organization
  • Promote a culture of high standards, clean code, testing, and continuous improvement

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience as a software engineer, including 2+ years as a senior, staff or principal-level role
  • Proven experience designing and building distributed systems at scale in cloud-native environments (GCP or AWS)
  • Deep expertise in backend technologies, including microservices, event-driven architectures, and REST/gRPC APIs
  • Strong hands-on experience with modern front-end frameworks (React, Vue, Angular) and full-stack engineering practices
  • Fluency in system design and architecture - capable of balancing trade-offs between scalability, performance, and developer experience
  • Track record of shaping technical direction and elevating team capabilities
  • Passion for building high-impact, customer-facing products that are data-rich and intuitive
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to work cross-functionally and influence without authority

Bonus Points

  • Experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers in production environments
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)

Skills

ReactVueAngularGCPAWSMicroservicesREST APIsgRPCKubernetesTerraform
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