StraighterLine

Staff Software Engineer – Full Stack

StraighterLine

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudGraphQLJavaScriptMySQLNext.jsNode.jsPostgresReactSQLTypeScript

About the role

  • 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 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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptNode.jsGraphQLAWSSQLPostgresMySQLDevOps
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingownershipadaptabilityteamworkleadershipdebuggingsupportdecision-making