Staff Software Engineer

About this role

At BuildOps, we’re building a groundbreaking software solution, purpose-built to support today’s commercial contractors. From helping our customers to manage their service all the way to project management, we’re breaking the mold and building a team that invests in our mission statement. We love driven, self-motivated folks that thrive in fast-paced environments. Could you be our next hire?

As a Staff Software Engineer, your primary focus will be to architect, build, and optimize our industry-leading platform across the entire stack, from scalable frontend applications to high-performance backend services. We are looking for a motivated, self-starter who can drive technical excellence, mentor engineers, and influence best practices in a distributed team environment. Your role will be pivotal in delivering high-quality, scalable, and reliable software that powers the commercial contracting industry.

What You’ll Do:

• Architect, build, and maintain our full-stack platform, including scalable frontend applications (React.js) and high-performance backend services (Node.js, GraphQL, REST APIs).

• Lead technical decisions across the stack, ensuring high performance, maintainability, and best practices for both frontend and backend development.

• Design, develop, and optimize APIs to power our frontend applications and third-party integrations.

• Improve database design and query optimization, ensuring efficient data storage and retrieval.

• Enhance and optimize our design system and UI components using Material-UI, ensuring a seamless and consistent user experience.

• Own full-stack observability, implementing logging, monitoring, and performance analysis tools to improve reliability across frontend and backend services.

• Evaluate and introduce new technologies that drive innovation and efficiency across the stack.

• Work in tandem with the QA engineering team to ship high-precision, well-tested software.

• Define and enforce testing strategies across both frontend and backend using tools such as Jest and React Testing Library.

• Mentor and guide other engineers, conducting technical design reviews, pair programming, and knowledge-sharing sessions.

• Lead technical initiatives that impact multiple teams, ensuring alignment with company goals and technical vision.

• Communicate effectively with engineers, product managers, customers, partners, and other leaders.

What We Look For:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on full-stack development in modern JavaScript/TypeScript.

• Deep expertise in React.js and state management with experience in building and maintaining scalable frontend architectures.

• Strong backend development experience with Node.js, designing and maintaining GraphQL APIs (Apollo, Relay) and RESTful services.

• Proficiency in database technologies (SQL), including PostgreSQL, MySQL,or similar.

• Experience with frontend and backend performance optimization, including database indexing, caching, and frontend rendering strategies.

• Strong experience with event-driven architecture, messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ), and real-time data processing.

• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Prior knowledge or ability to quickly learn Python for backend development is a plus.

• Experience working in CI/CD environments, ensuring smooth and automated deployments across the stack.

• Track record of mentoring and coaching engineers, fostering a culture of growth and continuous learning.

• Strong communication and technical writing skills for documentation and cross-functional collaboration.

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Ability to work a hybrid schedule - Monday/Friday WFH, Tuesday - Thursday, in office

Compensation

• $172,000 - $229,000 base salary range + annual bonus + meaningful equity

What we offer:

• Generous equity grant, become an owner in our company!

• A comprehensive benefits package

• Flexible PTO and hybrid work schedules

• One-time work-from-home allowance

• Hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, and Raleigh with hybrid work schedules and lunch provided for in-office days

• Company events and team-building activities, both in-person and virtual