Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Hybrid) for Climate/Gov Platforms

Startup Maine; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/vision/dental coverage

401k plan

Expensed lunch weekly

Quarterly wellness reimbursement

Job summary

Forerunner is hiring a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to join the Core Platform team. You will work on real-time flood risk visuals, automated permit workflows, and APIs integrating government systems using TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL with PostGIS, and AWS.

This product ownership role engages directly with frontline government users to modernize climate adaptation workflows. You will own features end-to-end, from data modeling to UI, with a strong emphasis on reliability and scalable design.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping features that real users depend on.
• Deep comfort with TypeScript and React, and working across the stack.
• Strong SQL and database design instincts; think in schemas.
• Experience mentoring teammates through code reviews and technical decisions.
• Comfort with CI/CD, testing frameworks, and developer tooling.
• Bonus points for AWS, containerization, PostGIS or geospatial tech, ETL pipelines, or government/climate tech.

Responsibilities

• Gather feedback from users and shape what comes next.
• Drive projects from ambiguity to delivery with smart tradeoffs.
• Own features from database modeling to frontend polish and APIs.
• Ship new capabilities while improving system reliability and performance.
• Maintain ownership of what you ship through a disciplined on-call rotation.
• Help shape engineering culture and processes within the team.
• Mentor teammates and contribute to technical decisions across the stack.

Skills

Full-stack fluency

SQL proficiency

Mentorship

Ambiguity tolerance

CI/CD familiarity

Tools

TypeScript

React

PostgreSQL

PostGIS

AWS

Job description

Forerunner is hiring a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to join the Core Platform team. You will work on real-time flood risk visuals, automated permit workflows, and APIs integrating government systems using TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL with PostGIS, and AWS.

This product ownership role engages directly with frontline government users to modernize climate adaptation workflows. You will own features end-to-end, from data modeling to UI, with a strong emphasis on reliability and scalable design.