Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer
About The Position
Playground is a company building software to make excellent child care accessible to all. Its platform manages aspects of operating child care businesses and is used by thousands of schools across the country. The company is growing quickly and is expanding its engineering team. As part of Playground's engineering team, the Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer builds new products from zero to one across the full stack, including APIs, backend services, and frontend experiences. The role contributes to products used by child care businesses, agencies, and government organizations, and owns projects end to end—from designing and scaling backend systems to building performant, maintainable frontend features. The role is fully in-office in Union Square, NYC, and emphasizes ownership, urgency, customer empathy, and the use of modern AI coding tools.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in full-stack or software development, with meaningful exposure to both frontend and backend technologies.
- Proficiency in React and TypeScript or JavaScript on the frontend.
- Strong proficiency in Node.js and Express or similar backend frameworks.
- Experience designing and maintaining RESTful APIs in production environments.
- Strong experience operating cloud systems, including infrastructure, performance tuning, and reliability best practices.
- Ability to ship quickly and prioritize work with the highest impact.
- Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication abilities.
- Demonstrated ownership of high-impact, complex projects from concept to completion.
- Openness to a fully in-person role in Union Square, NYC.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with GCP.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team to design and build end-to-end features focused on customer needs and product impact.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code across the stack using React and TypeScript on the frontend and Node.js and Express on the backend.
- Lead the design and delivery of mission-critical backend APIs and services, emphasizing performance, security, and long-term maintainability.
- Build and improve frontend features in the web app to provide a strong user experience for child care businesses.
- Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge across the team.
- Interact directly with customers to gather feedback and understand their needs.
- Proactively identify technical debt and drive improvements across frontend and backend architecture.
- Own projects end to end, from designing and scaling core backend systems to building frontend features.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 3 weeks of PTO
- Health, vision, and dental benefits
- $1,200 per year education stipend
- Free lunch daily
- New MacBook
- Collaborative and supportive work culture with a high level of autonomy and room for growth
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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