Node.js Developer

Civic Innovation Lab; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health premiums

Certifications funded

Mentor pairing

Job summary

Civic Innovation Lab in Oakland is hiring a Node.js Developer to work on Redis-backed services and Spring Boot prototypes. The role emphasizes ownership of technical modules, collaboration with stakeholders, and improving cloud-native architectures.

You will join a hands-on team, commute to Oakland or work flexibly as needed, and contribute to frontend interfaces and test coverage while growing with mentorship and certifications funded by the company.

Qualifications

• Comfort with the full-time cadence of an Oakland-based operation.
• Resilience across technology cycles in a startup setting.
• Strong rapport-building and a positive presence.

Responsibilities

• Hand off Redis runbooks so the next on-call at Civic Innovation Lab sleeps better.
• Keep Redis schemas backward-compatible to avoid breaking upgrades.
• Refactor the technology module Civic Innovation Lab has been afraid to touch.
• Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces with Facilitation.
• Translate napkin ideas from founders into Spring Boot prototypes with clear outcomes.
• Backfill Redis test coverage on the riskiest corners of the codebase.
• Translate fuzzy product wishes into shippable Spring Boot services.
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture.

Skills

Communication

Adaptability

Teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Node.js

Redis

Spring Boot

Job description

You've debugged enough Redis to develop opinions, and Civic Innovation Lab has a Node.js Developer role in Oakland where opinions are currency. What sets the offer apart is trust — $82,000 - $128,000 and full-time hours are nice, but the technology ownership is the headline.

Key Responsibilities

• Hand off Redis runbooks so the next on-call at Civic Innovation Lab sleeps better
• Keep Redis schemas backward-compatible so Civic Innovation Lab never forces a breaking upgrade
• Refactor the technology module Civic Innovation Lab has been afraid to touch
• Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces with Facilitation
• Translate a napkin idea from Civic Innovation Lab founders into a Spring Boot outcome-focused prototype
• Backfill Redis test coverage on the riskiest corners of Civic Innovation Lab's codebase
• Translate fuzzy product wishes from Civic Innovation Lab stakeholders into shippable Spring Boot services
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture

What You'll Bring

• Comfort with the full-time cadence of an Oakland-based operation
• Resilience measured across 1 years of technology cycles
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description
• Willingness to commute to Oakland, CA or work flexibly as needed

Most of Civic Innovation Lab still fits in one Oakland building, and that maker-minded closeness is exactly why its technology work stays sharp. Diverse perspectives make our technology work sharper, and we deliberately seek them out.

On top of $82,000 - $128,000, we cover your health premiums, fund your certifications, and pair you with a seasoned mentor.

This one is current, freshly dated, and very much hiring.

Whether Redis or TypeScript is your strong suit, this Node.js Developer seat has room for both.