Remote Full-Stack Software Engineer – AI-Driven Impact

Lightyear AI; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lightyear AI is expanding its software engineering team to build core components of its IT automation platform. As a software engineer you will work with our CTO and VP of Product to design engineering standards and ship features across backend and frontend in a React/Django AWS stack.

This full‑time, remote role offers a base salary of $120,000–$180,000 with equity and strong promotion opportunities for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in a modern frontend framework (React, Vue, etc.) and a server-side language (Python, Node, etc.).
• Comfortable with SQL databases, Docker, and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
• You write tests and care about code quality, but know when to ship vs. over-engineer.
• Demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on unfamiliar technologies and domains.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship full-stack features end-to-end, from API design to UI, that improve the telecom lifecycle for enterprise IT teams
• Own problems wherever they live across the stack: backend logic, database design, frontend polish, or infrastructure
• Move fast - we'd rather test a hypothesis quickly than spend forever validating it
• Contribute to product direction alongside the CTO and VP of Product - engineers here have a seat at the table
• Leverage AI tooling and techniques to accelerate your own work, improve the product, and create processes and structures that enable the entire company

Skills

React

Frontend

Python

Node.js

SQL

Docker

AWS

Testing

Code quality

Rapid learning

Tools

Docker

AWS

PostgreSQL

Job description

Lightyear AI is expanding its software engineering team to build core components of its IT automation platform. As a software engineer you will work with our CTO and VP of Product to design engineering standards and ship features across backend and frontend in a React/Django AWS stack.

This full‑time, remote role offers a base salary of $120,000–$180,000 with equity and strong promotion opportunities for the right candidate.