Full Stack Engineer, Real-Time Compute Platform

Nominal

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 179,000 - 310,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
Unlimited PTO
Lunch & snacks
Dev stipend
Hardware lab stipend
Annual retreat
Parental leave
Fertility support
Wellness stipend
Hardware stipend
401(k)
Equity terms
In-office 5 days/wk

Job summary

Nominal is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer, Compute, to own the data layer powering Nominal’s visualization platform. You’ll design the client-side compute paths, stream live data, and optimize performance across devices, browsers, and networks for thousands of data series.

You’ll collaborate with backend, design, and product teams to turn ambiguous ideas into intuitive user experiences and scalable, observable software.

Qualifications

  • Experience building data-heavy web apps for technical users.
  • Strong knowledge of TypeScript and modern frontend architecture.
  • Experience with high-throughput data in the browser and live data streams.

Responsibilities

  • Own the shared compute and data layer end to end for Nominal's platform.
  • Design generalized data and compute capabilities for new panels and visualizations.
  • Collaborate with backend, design, and product to shape workflows and tradeoffs.
  • Ensure low latency, correctness, and observability across devices and networks.

Skills

TypeScript
Frontend architecture
Web workers
WebSockets
Arrow columnar data
Performance optimization
Product thinking
Systems mindset
React

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Apache Arrow

Job description

Nominal is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer, Compute, to own the data layer powering Nominal’s visualization platform. You’ll design the client-side compute paths, stream live data, and optimize performance across devices, browsers, and networks for thousands of data series.

You’ll collaborate with backend, design, and product teams to turn ambiguous ideas into intuitive user experiences and scalable, observable software.

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