Staff Software Engineer – Full Stack

Description

• Contribute directly to the next generation of our training and certification systems by building modern, scalable services and applications using React/Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, and AWS • Help maintain and stabilize existing legacy systems during the transition to new architectures • Collaborate with product managers, designers, QA, and offshore development partners • Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code • Improve CI/CD pipelines, testing, and deployment practices • Participate in a moderate on-call rotation and drive down incident MTTR • Work closely with Product, QA, and offshore teams to ship high-quality features • Contribute to engineering decisions and best practices

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience • Strong full-stack skills, especially with React + TypeScript, Javascript and Node.js • Experience building API-driven and serverless systems • Solid SQL and relational database knowledge (Postgres, SQL Server, MySQL) • Familiarity with AWS or similar cloud platforms • Ability to debug legacy systems — AI tools are fair game • Strong communication and collaboration skills • A builder’s mindset — you own features from idea to launch to support • Comfortable with on-call and production support • ColdFusion/Lucee familiarity • GraphQL experience • Experience modernizing legacy systems • Worked with offshore engineering teams • DevOps mindset (automation, CI/CD, observability) • Prior experience in small, senior teams

Benefits

• Generous time off policies, 13 public holidays. • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Coverage (one option full funded by StraighterLine) • 401K Safe Harbor: StraighterLine contributes 3% of your total salary whether you contribute or not • Six weeks paid parental leave • Free StraighterLine courses for you and your family members

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