ExecutivePlacements.com ยท 11 hours ago
FullStack Software Engineer
Kansas City, KS
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$104K/yr - $164K/yr
8+ years expExecutivePlacements.com is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack) to anchor their Portal platform and Node.js/Express microservices. The role involves shipping production code, designing REST APIs, and improving system performance while mentoring other engineers.
Human ResourcesOnline PortalsRecruiting
Responsibilities
Ship production code weekly across Portal MFEs (TypeScript/React) and Node.js/Express services
Design and evolve REST APIs: clear contracts, versioning, idempotency, safe rollouts, and deprecation plans
Improve performance end-to-end: Core Web Vitals in the browser, p95/p99 latency and throughput on services
Lead secure-by-default patterns: OAuth2/OIDC PKCE, service-to-service JWT, scopes, least privilege, secret hygiene
Make systems self-healing and self-service: health probes, autoscaling, canary and blue/green, safe rollbacks, config as code
Own MongoDB Atlas usage: pragmatic schema and index design, query shaping, migrations, TTL, performance diagnostics
Strengthen CI/CD: reusable GitHub Actions, environment protections, SBOM, CodeQL/SAST, quality gates
Build a resilient test strategy: unit and contract tests, reliable E2E, visual baselines, PSR gates in CI
Lead blameless incident reviews. Fix root causes and land durable guardrails
Coach engineers across time zones. Pair often, give crisp reviews, and turn hard problems into teachable moments
Partner with PM and Design to slice work by customer value and measure impact after release
Qualification
Required
Bachelors degree in Computer science or engineering or anything related
A Minimum of 8 to 10 years building production web apps and services, 3+ years as a senior IC
Deep TypeScript and React, including bundling, code-splitting, data fetching, and state design
Strong Node.js/Express fundamentals and REST API design at scale
Proven performance wins across browser and Node (Core Web Vitals, latency, throughput)
Solid CI/CD and ops sense with containers and Kubernetes on a major cloud
Comfortable with observability: traces, logs, metrics, and making them actionable
Applied security: OAuth2/OIDC PKCE, service JWT, scopes, threat modeling, secrets management
Excellent code reviews and mentoring that raise the bar
Preferred
OpenTelemetry in browsers and Node
ELK/Kibana and/or Azure App Insights at scale
MongoDB Atlas operations and cost/perf tuning
Visual testing at CI scale
Multi-region SaaS, HA/DR patterns
API gateways, rate limiting, and backpressure strategies
Reusable GitHub Actions, signed releases, and supply-chain hardening
Benefits
Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision
401K with Matching
Flexible Time Off
Corporate Fitness Program
A variety of voluntary benefits such as; Legal Plans, Accident and Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and much more
Company
ExecutivePlacements.com
Online recruitment
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase