Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer – Back-End Focused

As a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Back-End Focused) on our Enterprise IT team, you will own the architecture and reliability of the backend systems powering Stand Together's high-visibility, consumer-facing web applications. In this role, you will combine hands-on development with architectural oversight across scalable, AWS-hosted applications, ensuring the reliability, performance, and long-term scalability of our digital ecosystem while mentoring engineers and partnering cross-functionally to deliver high-impact solutions.

How You Will Contribute

• Contribute to architecture, design, and technical decision-making across the full application stack, including React and Next.js frontends, Node.js backend services, Contentful CMS integrations, and AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing APIs that serve as the foundation for consumer-facing applications.
• Oversee CMS content modeling and editorial workflow optimization within Contentful CMS.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, monitoring, observability, and system reliability.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and cloud infrastructure best practices within AWS, including IAM least-privilege, private S3 patterns, and secrets management.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards, best practices, and scalable design patterns.
• Provide technical mentorship, supervision, and performance guidance to engineers.
• Partner with product, design, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Support sprint planning, technical estimation, roadmap development, and hiring efforts.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of full-stack software engineering experience with a clear back-end focus, including demonstrated architectural responsibility.
• Experience mentoring software engineers.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and cross-functional partnership skills.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and PHP; strong Node.js backend experience, preferably with NestJS.
• Experience designing and consuming APIs in distributed or microservices architectures.
• Experience with JWT/OIDC authentication, including Auth0 or equivalent, and passport-jwt/JWKS patterns.
• Proven experience with relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases - schema design, query optimization, multi-environment deployments, and operational MongoDB (replication, sharding, performance tuning) preferred.
• Docker and container orchestration on AWS ECS (task definitions, logging, ECR).
• Working knowledge of core AWS services: Amplify, API Gateway, ALB/NLB, S3, EFS, CloudWatch, X-Ray, IAM, and VPC.
• Experience building and maintaining automation within cloud-native environments using IaC frameworks (Terraform + Terragrunt).
• CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions and GitHub OIDC for secure AWS deployments.
• Observability and production operations experience: logs, metrics, alarms, distributed tracing, and production troubleshooting.
• Security best practices experience including IAM least-privilege, private S3 patterns, and secrets management.
• Testing and quality discipline across unit, integration, and e2e layers (Jest), with strong linting and formatting standards.
• Experience integrating headless CMS platforms with modern front-end frameworks.
• Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.

Standout Candidates Will Bring

• Experience supervising, coaching, and developing engineers, including performance feedback, goal-setting, and day-to-day work prioritization.
• Experience with Contentful CMS, Drupal, and WordPress in headless or hybrid configurations.
• Familiarity with Turborepo, pnpm, monorepo patterns, Storybook, and design systems.
• Zod/schema-first validation and OpenAPI generation tooling experience.
• Hands-on experience with CloudPosse Terraform modules and terragrunt layout patterns.
• Performance tuning for Node.js applications and MongoDB, including caching strategy design.
• Experience with EFS for stateful containers and mounting/permission management.
• Knowledge of Checkov, Terraform security scanning, and Terraform CI checks.

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits : Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
• Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop, and apply their unique talents.
• Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.