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Apply now: Staff Engineer, location is Remote (with hybrid conversion). The start date is July 2026 for this 6-month contract-to-hire position.
Job Title: Staff Engineer
Location-Type: Hybrid (The role is 100% Remote during the contract period. When converted to Direct Hire/FTE the role will transition to 3 Days A Week Onsite at a HQ location near you)
Start Date Is: July 2026
Duration: Contract-to-Hire (6 Months)
W2 Pay Rate Range: $70/hr - $85/hr W2
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship .
Job Description:
Lead the technical direction of customer-facing web applications by driving architecture, modernizing cloud-based platforms, mentoring engineering teams, and delivering scalable full-stack solutions within AWS environments.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Lead architecture and technical direction for enterprise web applications
- Design and modernize distributed systems and microservices
- Develop and maintain customer-facing applications using Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript
- Partner with product, architecture, DevOps, and engineering teams to define technical requirements
- Create and maintain system architecture documentation and technical roadmaps
- Mentor engineers and establish engineering best practices
- Drive cloud-native development and operational excellence within AWS
- Support CI/CD, infrastructure automation, monitoring, and production operations
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption where appropriate
- Balance hands-on development with technical leadership responsibilities
Requirements:
Minimum Requirements:- 7-10 years of software engineering experience
- Recent experience as a Staff Engineer, Technical Lead, or Lead Engineer
- Strong expertise with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js
- Deep AWS experience building and supporting cloud-native applications
- Experience designing APIs and microservices architectures
- Experience modernizing legacy applications
- Strong architectural design and technical documentation skills
- Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives without direct authority
- DevOps experience including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, containerization, monitoring, and production support
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate business goals into technical solutions
- Ruby on Rails experience
- Python experience
- GraphQL experience
- AWS Certification
- Design systems experience
- Financial services industry experience
- Experience with SEO-focused customer-facing websites
Salary : $70 - $85