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Help us maintain elite DORA metrics by ensuring your code is modular, heavily tested, and highly observable so we can keep our Change Failure Rate low.\nWhat We’re Looking For\nThe Self-Driving Engineer: 5+ years of professional full-stack experience (TypeScript / Node.js / React), ideally in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment. You are entirely comfortable with ambiguity, know how to unblock yourself, take extreme pride in ownership, and demonstrate a clear mindset for owning the solution from conception to deployment.\nAI Fluency: You are a power user of modern AI development tools (e.g., Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code) and treat them as an extension of your own capability. You leverage AI throughout the entire lifecycle-not just for coding, but for discovery, architectural setup, and complex solution design. 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