Senior Staff Engineer

Orion

Senior Staff Engineer at Orion utilizing AI tools for software development and team growth. Focusing on maintaining high impact product features and ensuring application quality through secure coding practices.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeOmaha • New York, Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,935 - $226,905 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAWSCloudEntity FrameworkJavaScript.NETNode.jsPostgresReactSDLCSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Champion a culture of continuous learning and growth within the team, modeling curiosity and adaptability in the face of new challenges and technologies.
Develop and maintain high impact product features.
Create and design solutions for new features, subsystems, modules, systems or platforms that may be specific or cross-cutting in nature.
Guide fellow team members in the code review process.
Guide and provide clarity for fellow team members in delivering quality solutions.
Ensure application quality by testing integrated features as well as writing test automation where appropriate.
Ensure application safety by following secure coding best practices.
Troubleshoot, diagnose, and fix product defects.
Maintains a deep and intrinsic understanding of business use cases and objectives.
Actively maintain a self-paced learning regimen to feed professional curiosity, with particular attention to the rapidly evolving AI tooling and capabilities landscape.
Leverage AI tools and workflows throughout the development process — from ideation and architecture exploration to coding, debugging, testing, and code review — to accelerate delivery and improve quality.
Evaluate and introduce emerging AI-powered tools and practices to the team, helping establish shared standards for effective AI-assisted development.
Utilize source control to effectively manage delivery of work.
Understand and operate the full lifecycle of the software platform, from coding to delivery and observation in production.
Learn and adhere to team and company processes, standards, and procedures.
Actively develop and maintain working relationships with team and department members.
Participate in the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
Maintain and nurture an opportunistic mindset — proactively identifying ways to improve processes, tools, and outcomes rather than waiting for direction.
Move fast while maintaining the company's integrity and position in the marketplace.
Leads from the front lines in helping team to keep consistently delivering.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Has deep knowledge of modern JavaScript or TypeScript using NodeJS.
Strong experience in C#, .NET, distributed programming , and building scalable enterprise applications.
Expertise with Entity Framework/EF Core and relational database design.
Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services for building and deploying modern applications.
Solid understanding of enterprise architecture and system design best practices.
Working knowledge of Angular and AngularJS for UI development and integration.
Has deep knowledge of the NodeJS ecosystem, including community idioms, popular packages, design patterns, documentation, internal workings and quirks.
Understands React and related front-end libraries to create rich user experiences, keeping an eye on the changing ecosystem for opportunities and challenges.
Has a working understanding of the web platform, and a strong understanding of the capabilities of web browsers and their role in relation to back-end software.
Has knowledge of token-based AuthZ systems like OpenID-Connect and OAuth2.
Has knowledge of the role of cryptography and certificates in modern application development.
Has knowledge of the workings of computer networking, the OSI model, and the domain name system.
Has an understanding of how to use CSS to style the front-end, including upcoming features and their adoption.
Has knowledge of troubleshooting and debugging in all applicable contexts (front-end, back-end, database, platform).
Has an advanced knowledge of relational database technology SQL Server and/or Postgres, Comparative knowledge of other database technologies.
Has understanding of common data lake and data processing technologies.
Has expertise and the ability to quickly and deeply understand Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies such as: RDS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, SES, S3, API Gateway, CloudFront, EventBridge.
Has knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and how to effectively develop and create them.
Has day to day mastery of git for source control, as well as history and release management.
Has familiarity with SDLC processes and systems, with the ability to guide them and provide constructive feedback.
Has intrapersonal skills necessary for working in a team environment, including the development of working relationships and professional networking.
Has wide understanding of various application architecture patterns.
Has knowledge of a variety design patterns and development principles (like SOLID, DDD, CQRS).
Has proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or similar) as an integrated part of daily coding workflows.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health, dental, vision, and disability coverage on day one
401(k) plan with employer match
paid parental leave
pet benefits including pawternity leave and pet insurance
student loan repayment

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScriptTypeScriptNodeJSC#.NETEntity FrameworkAWSAngularReactSQL Server

Soft Skills

curiosityadaptabilityteam collaborationcode reviewproblem-solvingcontinuous learningcommunicationleadershipprocess improvementrelationship building