Senior Full Stack Engineer

Summary

Join LILT as a Staff Fullstack Engineer and collaborate with a talented team to design, develop, and implement projects for LILT's Linguist GUI, App Server, and backend systems. This high-visibility role offers significant growth opportunities and involves enabling linguists to deliver localized experiences. The position is initially fully remote, transitioning to a hybrid model in the Washington D.C. area. You will leverage your full-stack engineering expertise, working with technologies like React, JavaScript, Java, and Python, and contributing to large-scale, distributed software systems. Success requires curiosity, attention to detail, and a comfort level with a challenging, entrepreneurial environment. LILT offers competitive compensation, including market salary, equity, 401(k) matching, and flexible time off.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science or Masters of Science in Computer Science (Masters preferred)
• 4+ years of professional experience as a Fullstack engineer
• Experience leading an engineering team in a technical capacity (e.g. not a manager of people)
• Experience working on large-scale, distributed software systems
• Proficient in React or other associated libraries, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML
• Experience with backend technologies such as Java and Python
• Professional fluency in English
• Authorization to work in the US is a precondition of employment

Responsibilities

• Work with a group of talented, mission-driven colleagues to propose ideas to define, drive, and execute projects on LILT's Linguist GUI, App Server, and backend systems
• Enable linguists to deliver truly localized experiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid relational database knowledge and significant experience with very large MySQL installations are highly valued
• Basic knowledge of NLP and machine learning techniques is highly valued

Benefits

• At market salary, meaningful equity, 401(k) matching, and flexible time off plus company holidays
• Employees receive coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance, and more
• LILT pays for basic life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability
• Paid parental leave is provided after 6 months
• Monthly lifestyle benefit stipend via the Fringe platform to allow employees to customize benefits to their lifestyle