BuildOps
Staff Software Engineer
$197K–$262K
Los Angeles, California +3 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Apr 4, 2025
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California, United States
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Architects and builds BuildOps’s full-stack commercial contracting platform, leading technical decisions, improving reliability and performance, and mentoring engineers.
What you'll do
- Architect, build, maintain, and optimize frontend applications, backend services, APIs, and databases.
- Lead technical initiatives and practices across teams, including observability, testing, performance, and deployment.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate with QA, product, customers, partners, and leaders.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience focused on full-stack development with modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Deep React.js expertise and strong Node.js experience designing and maintaining GraphQL APIs and RESTful services.
- Experience with SQL databases, performance optimization, event-driven architecture and messaging systems, containers, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD.
- Track record of mentoring engineers; strong communication and technical writing skills.
Nice to have
- Prior knowledge of Python or ability to learn it quickly.
Pay
$197,000 - $262,000 USD base salary range
Tools
React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Docker
AI focus
The posting describes BuildOps’s AI-driven tools at the company level but does not specify AI work for this role.
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