Playground
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer
$170K–$270K
New York, NY · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience in full stack or software development.
About the job
Build and scale full-stack products for child care businesses, owning projects from backend APIs and services through frontend experiences.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver end-to-end features and mission-critical backend APIs and services, focusing on customer needs, performance, security, and maintainability.
- Build and improve frontend features and backend architecture; identify technical debt and drive improvements.
- Collaborate through code reviews and customer feedback to improve products and share knowledge.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience in full stack or software development, with meaningful exposure to frontend and backend technologies.
- Proficiency in React and TypeScript (or JavaScript); strong proficiency in Node.js and Express (or similar backend frameworks).
- Experience designing and maintaining RESTful APIs in production environments.
- Experience operating cloud systems, including infrastructure, performance tuning, and reliability best practices.
Nice to have
- GCP
Pay
$170,000 – $270,000 USD base salary; $170K – $270K USD base salary
Tools
React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Express, RESTful APIs, GCP
AI focus
Use modern AI coding tools to increase leverage and output.
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