Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer
Playground21 hours ago
New York, NY, USASenior / Staff+
Base Salary
$170k - $270k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build end-to-end features in collaboration with cross-functional teams, focusing on customer needs and product impact.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient frontend and backend code using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Express.
- Lead the design and delivery of mission-critical backend APIs and services with attention to performance, security, and maintainability.
- Build and improve frontend features for Playground’s web application.
- Participate in code reviews and share knowledge across the engineering team.
- Interact directly with customers to gather feedback and understand their needs.
- Identify technical debt and drive improvements across frontend and backend architecture.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in full stack or software development with meaningful frontend and backend experience.
- 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.
- Strong experience operating cloud systems, including infrastructure, performance tuning, and reliability best practices; GCP experience is preferred.
- Ability to ship quickly and prioritize high-impact work.
- Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication abilities.
- Demonstrated ownership of high-impact, complex projects from concept through delivery.
Benefits
- Annual salary range of $170,000–$270,000.
- Three weeks of paid time off.
- Health, vision, and dental benefits.
- $1,200 per year education stipend.
- Free lunch daily.
- New MacBook.
- Collaborative work culture with autonomy and room for growth.
- Fully in-office work arrangement in Union Square, NYC.
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About Playground
Playground is child care management software that manages billing, attendance, registration, communication, paperwork, payroll and more for childcare programs.