Hypergiant

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Hypergiant

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $137,700 - $197,656 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptKubernetesNode.jsPostgresReactSQLTypeScript

About the role

  • Lead end-to-end technical architecture for multiple products or services, defining standards and ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Design system interfaces and integration patterns that enable reuse and interoperability across Hypergiant’s C2 portfolio.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, conduct build-vs-buy analysis, and document key architectural decisions and trade-offs.
  • Partner with cloud and infrastructure teams to ensure solutions align with IL4/IL5 and FedRAMP security frameworks.
  • Provide expert guidance across front-end, back-end, and data layers — enabling high-scale, real-time systems.
  • Oversee design and implementation reviews to ensure code quality, security, and system reliability.
  • Drive modernization initiatives (e.g., containerization, observability, CI/CD optimization) across delivery teams.
  • Collaborate with product owners and technical leads to shape roadmaps and technical milestones that align with program objectives.
  • Identify and champion reusable frameworks, libraries, and shared components across teams and programs.
  • Act as the connective tissue between architecture councils, delivery teams, and client stakeholders.
  • Provide leadership on incident response and system performance issues, leading root cause analysis and long-term resolution.
  • Mentor and coach engineers across the organization, fostering technical depth and independent problem solving.
  • Contribute to internal engineering standards, code quality guidelines, and best practices documentation.
  • Lead by example through hands-on contribution to complex or high-risk projects.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 8+ years in full-stack web development.
  • Deep expertise with React, TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, and modern web architectures.
  • Proven experience designing and integrating distributed backend systems, and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQL).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence architecture direction at the program level.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
  • Strong grasp of security, performance, and observability best practices in production environments.
  • US Citizenship required; must be eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.
Benefits
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • 14 Paid Company Holidays
  • Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
  • Flexible Work Environment with Remote Options
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Optional HSA and FSA
  • Complimentary Life Insurance
  • Personal & Professional Development Reimbursement
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability Insurance
  • 401k with Matching

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Hard skills
full-stack web developmentReactTypeScriptJavaScriptNode.jsdistributed backend systemsrelational databasesPostgreSQLSQLcontainer orchestration
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem solvinginfluencingguidancecommunicationtechnical depthroot cause analysisincident response
Certifications
DoD Security Clearance