Principal Full Stack Engineer

steercrm; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Employer-paid medical insurance

Flexible PTO (15+ days)

FSA/HSA

401(k) options

Learning stipend

Home-office stipend

Job summary

SteerCRM is seeking a senior engineer to lead the architecture and hands-on development of its CRM platform for automotive repair businesses. You will own data processing, automation, integrations, and infrastructure, building scalable services and guiding product delivery.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled workflows, privacy and security, and collaboration with product partners to deliver measurable customer value. Distributed leadership and remote work within the United States are supported.

Qualifications

• Seven+ years building complex web SaaS products.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and production AI features.
• Experience integrating AI tools into CI/CD pipelines (code review, testing, orchestration).
• Strong relational & NoSQL database design and query optimization.
• Ability to explain technical decisions in terms of product outcomes and leadership needs.
• High ownership, sound judgment, and ability to deliver in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for core platform components, incl. data ingestion and processing for automation.
• Design reusable full-stack components and services for scalable growth.
• Move between core infrastructure and integrations as product needs evolve.
• Collaborate with product partners to translate user problems into customer value.
• Raise standards for security, testing, and maintainability via reviews and practices.
• Shape CI/CD, containerization, IaC, and AI-enabled workflows.

Skills

7+ years SaaS

LLMs & prompt engineering

AI in CI/CD

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Stakeholder communication

Ownership & delivery

Tools

.NET

Node.js/TypeScript

React

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Role overview

Lead architecture and hands-on development for a customer relationship management platform serving automotive repair businesses. The role spans data processing, automation, integrations, infrastructure, and product delivery, with a focus on building scalable services and applying AI and agentic workflows in production.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for core platform components, including data ingestion and processing that support automation.
• Design reusable full-stack components and services that can perform as the platform grows.
• Move between core infrastructure and integrations as product needs change.
• Work with product partners to understand user problems and guide engineering decisions toward practical customer value.
• Raise standards for security, testing, and maintainability through code reviews and engineering practices.
• Shape CI/CD, containerization, infrastructure-as-code, and AI-enabled workflows.

Requirements

• Seven or more years building complex web-based SaaS products.
• Practical experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and shipping AI-powered features or agentic workflows to production.
• Experience incorporating AI tools into CI/CD, such as code review, testing, or workflow orchestration.
• Strong relational and NoSQL database skills, including schema design and query optimization.
• Ability to explain technical decisions in terms of product outcomes and work effectively with leadership.
• High ownership, sound judgment, and comfort delivering in a fast-moving environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with .NET, Node.js/TypeScript, and React; infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation; or early-stage company work.
• Experience with Claude ecosystem integrations, prompt chaining, tool use, or MCP.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote within the United States, with equity options, employer-paid medical insurance, flexible paid time off with a 15-day minimum, FSA/HSA and 401(k) options, and learning and home-office stipends.