Software Engineer - React & NodeJS (Contract)

Orlando Informer•Orlando, FL

12d•Remote

About The Position

Orlando Informer is seeking an exceptional Software Engineer to build thoughtful, reliable technology that powers guest experiences and helps the team deliver hospitality at scale. As a software engineer at Orlando Informer, you'll help build best-in-class experiences for guests planning their trips to the Orlando theme parks. The engineering team is small, collaborative, and fast, with a high bar for the work they ship. You will own meaningful pieces of the product from day one, including the React Native mobile app, the Node services behind it, and the data layer tying ticketing, events, and guest systems together. Being small and remote-first means you'll see a lot of the business, from consumer features used by hundreds of thousands of guests to the internal tooling the team leans on during the Orlando Informer Meetup. The ideal candidate is passionate about the parks, pragmatic, takes ownership, and cares about delivering high-quality features.

Requirements

3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production applications
Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills across both client and server
Ability to use AI tools to improve the speed of your work without sacrificing quality
Hands-on experience with React Native (Expo experience a plus), including the realities of app store builds, releases, and OTA updates
Experience building backend services in Node, ideally with a structured framework such as NestJS or Express
Solid SQL skills and experience designing and querying relational databases (we use MySQL)
Comfort integrating third-party APIs and payment platforms
Experience debugging production systems with logs, metrics, and error tracking
Strong time-management skills
Residency in Florida or Texas is required

Nice To Haves

Experience with Stripe, Shopify, or other commerce and payments platforms
Experience with cloud hosting and deployment (Heroku, AWS, or similar), CI/CD, and infrastructure work
Mobile analytics and monitoring tooling (Sentry, Mixpanel, PostHog)
A genuine interest in theme parks and travel

Responsibilities

Build and ship features in our React Native (Expo) mobile app, from concept through App Store and Play Store release
Design, build, and maintain Node/NestJS APIs that power our mobile and web experiences
Write and optimize SQL against our MySQL databases, and help shape the schema as our products grow
Integrate with third-party platforms, including Stripe, Shopify, and partner ticketing systems
Debug production issues across the stack and improve the reliability of what we've already built
Collaborate closely with a lean team, and help decide what gets built next