Staff Software Engineer - Backend
About The Position
LVT is hiring a Staff Software Engineer focused on backend systems to help build its intelligent site technology and Agentic AI platform. Based onsite at LVT’s American Fork headquarters, this role serves as a primary technical authority for the design, performance, and scaling of core backend architecture. The engineer will work with engineering leadership, cross-functional teams, and senior peers to build resilient, high-velocity services, lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and strengthen engineering standards and culture. The role centers on translating complex business requirements into reliable cloud services and elevating technical output across the engineering organization. The successful candidate will provide architectural leadership, deliver backend systems and API services, improve reliability and developer productivity, and help prepare LVT’s backend suite for future growth.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience focused on complex backend systems, cloud services, and API development.
- At least 3 years of hands-on production experience architecting, building, and maintaining enterprise Node.js and TypeScript services.
- Demonstrated expertise in OpenAPI and REST API design, and hands-on experience building or optimizing GraphQL queries and mutations.
- Familiarity with modern framework ecosystems such as NestJS.
- Experience with containerized deployment workflows using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Proficiency in data modeling and relational databases; SQL experience is preferred.
- Experience guiding cross-functional technical teams, establishing engineering culture, and driving process improvements in Agile environments.
- Strong commitment to system reliability, operational quality, thorough testing, and root-cause problem solving.
- Effective communication skills and adaptability in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
- Must pass a drug screening and background check upon employment.
Nice To Haves
- SQL experience.
- Familiarity with NestJS.
- Some roles may require passing a federal background check and fingerprinting.
Responsibilities
- Drive backend architecture, technical direction, and engineering design standards across production services.
- Build clean, scalable Node.js and TypeScript code for business-critical backend systems and API services.
- Implement engineering methodologies, best practices, and code quality benchmarks to improve reliability, maintainability, and performance.
- Identify system bottlenecks, streamline CI/CD workflows, and introduce tools that improve developer productivity and delivery speed.
- Partner with Product Management, QA, and DevOps to translate product visions into technical specifications, estimates, and delivery timelines.
- Resolve complex technical challenges and edge cases, including ambiguous requirements, to protect uptime and system resilience.
- Mentor senior- and mid-level software engineers through feedback, architectural design reviews, and technical upskilling.
- Evaluate industry trends, tools, and modern cloud and API frameworks to optimize the backend suite for future growth.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health coverage.
- Dental coverage.
- Vision coverage.
- Retirement benefits, including a 401(k) match of up to 4%.
- Flexible PTO.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
