Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

Kollabio; Brambleton (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kollabio is building an AI-native platform to transform how organizations manage knowledge, workflows, and decision-making. We seek a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer who owns significant portions of the stack, delivering production-ready code and architecture with clarity and durability.

You will work on modular backend services with NestJS/TypeScript, modern front-end with Next.js/React/Vue, and integrate AI/LLM capabilities into product features, while following DevSecOps and scalable

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-stack development experience in production environments.
• Proficiency across the TypeScript stack.
• Experience with NestJS or comparable Node.js frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement modular, scalable backend services using NestJS and TypeScript.
• Architect and build responsive front-end applications using Next.js, React, or Vue.
• Integrate AI/LLM APIs into platform features and orchestration patterns.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments on AWS.
• Decompose features into clean, independently deployable increments.

Skills

TypeScript

NestJS

Node.js

React/Next.js/Vue

RESTful APIs

Frontend performance

System architecture

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Nx/Turborepo

Job description

Own significant portions of our AI-native platform across the entire stack, from system design to production-ready implementation.

Position overview

Kollabio is building an AI-native platform designed to transform how organizations manage knowledge, workflows, and decision-making. We are seeking a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer who operates with ownership and delivers systems-ready code at scale. You will own significant portions of the platform across the entire stack, translating product intent into clean system design and production-ready implementation.

This is a systems-oriented engineering role for someone who builds with structure, clarity, and durability. You'll work in a focused, high-accountability environment where architectural thinking, disciplined execution, and long-term maintainability are non-negotiable. You're comfortable navigating ambiguity, making pragmatic tradeoffs, and delivering robust solutions with minimal oversight.

AI-native engineering: We are an AI-forward engineering team. You will be expected to use AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) as part of your daily workflow—not as an experiment, but as a core productivity and quality multiplier. You'll also design and integrate AI/LLM capabilities directly into our products, translating AI innovations into measurable user value. Comfort with AI-augmented development is a baseline expectation for this role.

What you will own

• Design and implement modular, scalable backend services using NestJS and TypeScript
• Architect and build responsive front-end applications using Next.js, React, or Vue
• Integrate AI/LLM APIs into platform features, including prompt engineering and orchestration patterns
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud-native deployments on AWS
• Translate product requirements into well-structured technical designs and decompose features into clean, independently deployable increments
• Enforce code quality through disciplined pull requests, peer reviews, and meaningful automated tests
• Ensure APIs are clearly documented and aligned with OpenAPI standards
• Contribute to architectural decisions, threat modeling, and DevSecOps practices within defined platform principles
• Participate actively in technical grooming, risk identification, and sprint planning

Required experience

Core engineering

• 8+ years of full-stack development experience in production environments
• Deep proficiency in TypeScript across the entire stack
• Strong backend architecture experience using NestJS or comparable Node.js frameworks (Express, Fastify)
• Advanced experience with React, Next.js, or Vue for front-end development
• Experience designing, building, and scaling RESTful APIs
• Strong understanding of application state management, front-end performance, and responsive design

AI-assisted development

• Active, daily use of AI-powered development tools (Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar)
• Experience integrating AI/LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) into production applications
• Understanding of prompt engineering, token management, and AI-augmented system design patterns

Infrastructure and DevSecOps

• Experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudFront, IAM)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar)
• Working knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes or ECS)
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation)

Process and collaboration

• Experience working in structured Agile environments with clear Definition of Done standards
• Comfort operating in small, high-accountability teams with minimal oversight
• Strong written and verbal communication of technical decisions and tradeoffs

Preferred experience

• Redis caching strategies and message queue architectures
• Experience building SaaS or enterprise platform products (not just client projects)
• Familiarity with federal compliance requirements (FedRAMP, NIST, ATO processes)
• Experience with monorepo tooling (Nx, Turborepo)
• Contributions to open-source projects or technical blog posts
• Active security clearance (Secret or above)

What success looks like

• Clean architectural decisions with minimal rework
• Features delivered production-ready without “temporary” shortcuts
• Measurable productivity and quality gains from effective use of AI-assisted development tools
• Strong PR discipline and thoughtful, constructive code reviews
• Infrastructure that is reproducible, documented, and secure by default
• Clear communication of tradeoffs, risks, and technical debt implications
• Contributions that improve system robustness, observability, and developer experience over time

Who will thrive in this role

• Engineers who prefer ownership over task lists
• Developers who think in systems and platforms, not just tickets and features
• Individuals who view AI-assisted development as a force multiplier, not a crutch
• Professionals who care about maintainability, security, and operational discipline
• People who are comfortable building in evolving, fast-paced environments with high expectations