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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?\nAs 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.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nArchitect, build, and maintain our full-stack platform, including scalable frontend applications (React.js) and high-performance backend services (Node.js, GraphQL, REST APIs).\nLead technical decisions across the stack, ensuring high performance, maintainability, and best practices for both frontend and backend development.\nDesign, develop, and optimize APIs to power our frontend applications and third-party integrations.\nImprove database design and query optimization, ensuring efficient data storage and retrieval.\nEnhance and optimize our design system and UI components using Material-UI, ensuring a seamless and consistent user experience.\nOwn full-stack observability, implementing logging, monitoring, and performance analysis tools to improve reliability across frontend and backend services.\nEvaluate and introduce new technologies that drive innovation and efficiency across the stack.\nWork in tandem with the QA engineering team to ship high-precision, well-tested software.\nDefine and enforce testing strategies across both frontend and backend using tools such as Jest and React Testing Library.\nMentor and guide other engineers, conducting technical design reviews, pair programming, and knowledge-sharing sessions.\nLead technical initiatives that impact multiple teams, ensuring alignment with company goals and technical vision.\nCommunicate effectively with engineers, product managers, customers, partners, and other leaders.\nWhat We Look For:\n8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on full-stack development in modern JavaScript/TypeScript.\nDeep expertise in React.js and state management with experience in building and maintaining scalable frontend architectures.\nStrong backend development experience with Node.js, designing and maintaining GraphQL APIs (Apollo, Relay) and RESTful services.\nProficiency in database technologies (SQL), including PostgreSQL, MySQL,or similar.\nExperience with frontend and backend performance optimization, including database indexing, caching, and frontend rendering strategies.\nStrong experience with event-driven architecture, messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ), and real-time data processing.\nExperience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).\nPrior knowledge or ability to quickly learn Python for backend development is a plus.\nExperience working in CI/CD environments, ensuring smooth and automated deployments across the stack.\nTrack record of mentoring and coaching engineers, fostering a culture of growth and continuous learning.\nStrong communication and technical writing skills for documentation and cross-functional collaboration.\nB.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.\nAbility to work a hybrid schedule - Monday/Friday WFH, Tuesday - Thursday, in office\nCompensation\n$197,000 - $262,000 base salary range + annual bonus + meaningful equity\n\nWhat we offer:\nGenerous equity grant, become an owner in our company!\nA comprehensive benefits package\nFlexible PTO and hybrid work schedules\nOne-time work-from-home allowance\nHubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, and Raleigh with hybrid work schedules and lunch provided for in-office days\nCompany events and team-building activities, both in-person and virtual\nFast-paced, collaborative, and dynamic work environment\nOpportunities for growth and career advancement\nChance to work with cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions\nThe chance to get in on the ground floor and build something truly groundbreaking for ourselves and our amazing customers\nWe welcome applicants from across the U.S. where we are registered to do business and able to support employment. Currently, this excludes the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming. This list is based solely on operational and compliance considerations and is reviewed from time to time as our footprint grows.\nAbout BuildOps\nJoin BuildOps, the largest commercial trade platform in the country, as we transform the multi-billion dollar commercial contracting industry!\nWe’re not just talking incremental improvements-we’re talking a full-scale revolution, empowering the hardworking heroes who build and maintain the infrastructure that keeps our world running. See why contractors choose Buildops here.\nThis is your chance to be part of a rocketship. We’re fresh off a $1 billion valuation and a $127M Series C funding round (part of over $275M raised to date) led by industry-leading investors like Meritech Capital, BOND, and SE Ventures, backed by Schneider Electric (Reuters, TechCrunch, LA Business Journal) . Our latest investors join our team of industry heavyweights like Next47, former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, former Salesforce President Gavin Patterson, and Boost Mobile CEO Stephen Stokols. Their investment is fueling our aggressive growth and our commitment to equipping contractors with AI-driven tools to conquer chaos, boost efficiency, skyrocket profitability, and ultimately, deliver exceptional service.\nAt BuildOps, we’re changing the game and doing the best work of our careers. You’ll be a key player in a company that’s truly making a difference for the backbone of our economy. If you’re ready to tackle big challenges, work with a passionate team, and build something extraordinary, BuildOps is the place for you.\nBuildOps is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.\nBuildOps will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act pursuant to applicable local and state laws.\nBuildOps recruiters will only contact candidates through official channels and will never ask for payment, banking details, or sensitive personal information during the interview process. Verify all openings at https://buildops.com/careers. Report suspicious outreach to reportfraud.ftc.gov and . We review every report, but may not be able to respond individually. 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