Senior Software Engineer | Full Stack

New York, NY

Base Salary: $160,000 - $180,000 + Equity

About the Opportunity

High Sierra Talent is partnering with a rapidly growing consumer technology company.

This is a high-impact opportunity to join a product-driven engineering organization that is scaling quickly while still maintaining a startup-level ownership mentality. Engineers here work closely with Product and Design, move fast, and directly influence customer experience and business outcomes.

About the Role

We are seeking a strong Full Stack Software Engineer to help modernize and scale critical user journeys across the platform, including:

Search experience
Marketplace detail pages
Booking workflows
User account functionality
Post-booking experiences

This role offers the opportunity to work across frontend and backend systems while helping define long-term engineering patterns and architecture standards. You will collaborate directly with Product, Design, and senior engineering leadership to deliver scalable, high-performance applications used by a large and growing customer base. This is an onsite role based in New York City.

What You'll Do

Build and own full-stack features across high-traffic marketplace workflows
Develop frontend experiences using modern React and Next.js technologies
Design and enhance APIs, backend services, and database models
Improve application performance, reliability, observability, and scalability
Partner with Product and Design teams to deliver intuitive user experiences
Contribute to architecture decisions, reusable engineering patterns, and technical standards
Participate in code reviews, testing strategies, and operational improvements
Support rollout strategies, analytics instrumentation, and iterative product enhancements

Tech Stack

Frontend

Next.js
React
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Shadcn/UI

Backend

Ruby on Rails
Node.js

Data & Infrastructure

PostgreSQL
MongoDB
AWS
Datadog

Testing

Playwright
RSpec

What We're Looking For

4+ years of experience building production web applications
Strong experience across both frontend and backend engineering
Experience building APIs and working with relational and NoSQL databases
Strong understanding of scalable web architecture and performance optimization
Product-focused mindset with attention to UX and customer impact
Strong software engineering fundamentals, testing practices, and code quality standards
Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment

Preferred Background

The hiring team is especially interested in engineers who have experience at strong product-focused engineering organizations and who demonstrate:

High technical standards
Strong product intuition
Ownership mentality
Fast learning velocity
Strong execution skills

Computer Science degrees from strong technical universities are highly valued but not required.

Why This Role Stands Out

Opportunity to help lead a major platform rewrite initiative
High visibility and ownership across mission-critical systems
Modern engineering stack and architecture
Clear path toward Staff-level technical leadership
Direct impact on customer growth, conversion, and product scalability
Collaborative engineering culture with strong technical mentorship

Ideal Candidate Profile

This role is ideal for:

Strong frontend engineers with modern React/Next.js experience
Full stack engineers looking to deepen frontend expertise
Engineers who enjoy high-growth consumer product environments
Builders who want meaningful ownership and influence on technical direction

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