Staff Software Engineer, Foodsmart

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful ownership of full stack systems in production environments
• Demonstrated success leading complex initiatives across frontend, backend, and/or mobile domains
• Experience influencing architecture and technical direction beyond a single team
• Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript across both backend and frontend systems
• Deep experience building modern web applications using React
• Experience working with mobile applications (native iOS/Android and/or React Native)
• Strong understanding of frontend performance optimization, accessibility, and scalable UI architecture
• Strong experience designing and operating RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures
• Advanced knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and familiarity with NoSQL systems
• Strong AWS experience (Lambda, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, EC2, IAM, networking)
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts (consistency, caching, concurrency, fault tolerance)
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, CI/CD, QA automation, and DevOps best practices
• Proven ability to lead through influence rather than authority
• Clear, structured communicator capable of explaining complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
• Track record of driving adoption of shared standards, platforms, or engineering best practices

Desirable

• As a Staff Engineer at Foodsmart, you are a senior technical leader responsible for designing and scaling critical backend and data systems that power our consumer experiences, clinical workflows, and partner integrations
• This is not a people-manager role
• You will lead through technical excellence, architecture ownership, and influence across teams
• You will partner closely with product, data, and engineering leadership to build resilient, secure, and scalable systems that meet enterprise and healthcare-grade requirements
• You are expected to operate beyond a single team’s scope, drive cross-team technical initiatives, and elevate engineering quality and standards across the organization
• Own and evolve end-to-end architecture across frontend (web), mobile, backend services, and data platforms
• Design scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems supporting millions of users and sensitive healthcare data
• Define and drive adoption of architectural patterns across frontend, backend, and mobile teams
• Lead design reviews and author RFCs for complex initiatives spanning multiple teams
• Ensure systems meet enterprise-grade requirements for availability, performance, observability, and compliance
• Build modern web applications using React and TypeScript
• Define frontend architectural standards (state management, API patterns, component structure, performance, accessibility)
• Partner with design and product to deliver high-quality user experiences with strong UX consistency
• Drive improvements in frontend performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Design and maintain high-performance APIs (REST and event-based) serving web, mobile, and partner integrations
• Build durable SQL and NoSQL data models with strong reliability and scalability guarantees
• Develop backend systems using TypeScript / Node.js and AWS-native services (Lambda, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, EC2)
• Lead data modeling decisions, migrations, and long-term maintainability improvements
• Partner with security and compliance teams to implement HIPAA-aware and privacy-first designs
• Champion AI-assisted workflows across design, implementation, testing, and DevOps
• Help establish guardrails and best practices for responsible AI usage across engineering
• Identify opportunities to embed AI/ML capabilities into product systems (e.g., personalization, automation, workflow optimization)
• Improve engineering velocity using AI tooling without compromising quality, security, or compliance
• Drive cloud-native architecture practices using Docker and Kubernetes
• Partner with DevOps to strengthen CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and deployment safety
• Establish best practices for observability, alerting, incident response, and postmortems
• Proactively identify and mitigate scalability, performance, and reliability risks across web, mobile, and backend
• Collaborate with product, design, data, clinical, and business teams to translate complex requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Influence roadmap decisions through strong technical insight and execution planning
• Lead cross-team initiatives, ensuring alignment on architecture, delivery sequencing, and long-term maintainability
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers on system design, technical decision-making, and full stack best practices
• Raise engineering standards through code reviews, design feedback, and technical coaching
• Promote shared ownership and a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement
• Drive adoption of shared libraries, patterns, and platform capabilities across teams
• ---Signals of Success---
• Delivery of high-impact, cross-team full stack initiatives (web + mobile + backend)
• Adoption of architecture and platform patterns you introduce across teams
• Measurable improvements in system scalability, reliability, and developer productivity
• Strong mentorship impact across senior and mid-level engineers
• Recognized as a trusted technical leader and partner across product, design, and engineering
• Improved quality, stability, and user experience across Foodsmart’s web and mobile applications