Senior Full Stack Engineer

Summary

Join SecurityScorecard's growing Technology team as a Senior Full Stack Engineer. You will play a key role in building reliable, scalable, and maintainable applications, leading projects from inception to deployment. Collaborate with Product Managers and UX Designers to define requirements and implement solutions. Focus on simplicity while contributing technical insights to enhance system performance, stability, and user experience. This role requires extensive experience in full-stack development, agile methodologies, and strong communication skills. SecurityScorecard offers a collaborative and supportive work environment.

Requirements

• Full Stack proficiency, with solid experience in both back-end and front-end development
• 5+ years of experience working in agile environments (ideally Scrum), collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, product)
• Strong skills in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Typescript, React, and Redux
• Advanced expertise with Node.js and its ecosystem
• Extensive experience designing and extending REST APIs
• Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar)
• Lead code reviews, fostering best practices and continuous improvement
• Familiarity with DRY and YAGNI principles in code design
• Ability to create and document tests based on high-level acceptance criteria
• Experience building modern web interfaces that prioritize user experience
• Knowledge of modern functional programming techniques
• Familiarity with source control best practices (e.g., Git)
• Strong attention to documentation and maintaining standards across projects
• Ability to present and defend technical decisions with confidence
• Skilled at estimating project complexity based on early documentation and discussions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical challenges and solutions clearly

Responsibilities

• Participate in all stages of the software development life cycle, from design and development to deployment and maintenance
• Follow clean code principles, using best practices to write secure, testable, and well-documented software
• Work closely with a global team, including engineers, product managers, and UX designers, to build a stable, high-performance platform
• Implement comprehensive testing and performance tuning to ensure system stability and uptime
• Translate requirements, estimate effort, and address or escalate blockers as needed
• Own end-to-end projects, understanding and contributing to all aspects (infrastructure, back-end, and front-end)
• Write clean, maintainable code that adheres to best practices in readability, design patterns, reusability, and testing
• Continuously monitor performance metrics and recommend improvements or refactors