Full Stack Web Developer

San Diego Stealth Startup; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

San Diego Stealth Startup is seeking a Senior Staff or Principal engineer to own the architecture of our internal platforms and cloud infrastructure. These systems support operations, finance, and lab teams, as well as external customers, and must scale reliably across the business.

You will lead full‑stack work across frontend, backend, data, and cloud, shaping tech direction, CI/CD, observability, and security while collaborating with operations and leadership to translate complex needs into

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience with ownership of production systems.
• Deep hands-on experience with modern cloud infrastructure spanning architecture, deployment, cost, and reliability management.
• Full-stack programming across a modern frontend (React) and backend with data modeling (SQL/NoSQL) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Track record building internal tools/platforms from ambiguous requirements that scale to production use.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and working with non-engineering stakeholders (ops, finance).

Responsibilities

• Architect and build internal platforms and tools used by operations, finance, lab teams, and external customers.
• Build robust cloud infrastructure to manage provisioning, cost, reliability, and security as data volume scales.
• Design data models and APIs connecting lab systems, business systems, and dashboards into a coherent operational backbone.
• Set technical direction for architecture, code quality, CI/CD, testing, and observability across the engineering org.
• Collaborate with operations, finance, and lab leadership to map requirements and translate needs into shipped software.
• Mentor engineers, act as a technical escalation point, and contribute to company-wide CI/CD and testing practices.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Full-stack engineering

React frontend

Data modeling

CI/CD

Technical leadership

Production systems

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Job description

We're seeking a Senior Staff or Principal engineer to own the architecture of ourinternal platforms and cloud infrastructure. These are the systems operations, finance, and lab teams rely on every day to run and scale the business. This isn't a role scoped to one product; it's broad ownership across cloud infrastructure, data architecture, and tightly coupled to lab and business operations.

You’ll need to be a strong full-stack engineer who can operate independently across the stack, frontend, backend, data, and cloud infrastructure, intimately familiar with modern development practices, and a clear communicator who can sit with operations, finance, and lab leadership to translate ambiguous business needs into shipped software Deep full-stack and cloud experience is required; curiosity and the ability to move fast across unfamiliar domains matter just as much, since this role touches nearly every part of the business.

This role is a unique opportunity to own a central piece to the overall success of the company.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and build internal platforms and tools that operations, finance, and lab teams, in addition to external customers, depend on daily.Architect and build inter-nal platforms and tools that operations, finance, and lab teams depend on daily.
• Build a robust cloud infrastructure that leverage best in class tooling to manage provisioning, cost, reliability, and security as data and transaction volume scales.
• Design data models and APIs that connect lab systems, lab equipment, business sys-tems (NetSuite, ATS, CRM), and internal dashboards into a coherent operational backbone.
• Help set the technical direction regarding architecture, code quality, CI/CD, testing, observability across a small but growing engineering org.
• Work directly with operations, finance, and lab leadership to map requirements and priorities, translating ambiguous business needs into shipped software.
• Over time build a team and mentor other engineers and act as a technical escalation point across the stack.
• Contribute to CI/CD, code review, and testing practices company-wide.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 10+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience, including senior/staff-level ownership of production systems.
• Deep, hands-on experience with modern cloud infrastructure spanning architecture, deployment, cost, and reliability management.
• Full-stack programming experience spanning a modern frontend framework (e.g. "React"), backend services, and data modeling (SQL/NoSQL), with git-based workflows and CI/CD.
• Track record of building internal tools or platforms from ambiguous requirements, not just feature work on an existing product, that have been deployed into production use.
• Experience operating as a technical leader who works directly with non-engineering stakeholders (ops, finance, or similar).
• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent industry experience. Track record with production systems weighs more than credentials.

Nice to have:

• Experience in a high-growth startup or biotech/life sciences environment.
• Familiarity with regulated-data handling (21 CFR Part 11, ISO 13485, ISO 15189, CAP / CLIA, GxP, or HIPAA).
• Experience integrating with business systems like NetSuite, ATS platforms, or CRMs.
• Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or similar) and CI/CD pipeline ownership.
• Experience with LIMS or laboratory workflows
• Experience with HL7 v2, FHIR, LIS, ASTM E1394, or IHE profiles for lab / EMR interoperability.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We thrive on diversity and collaboration.