Senior Fullstack Engineer & Tech Leader (Remote)

Propel; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful work and mission

Remote-friendly with Brooklyn office

20 days PTO

Unlimited sick days

4% 401K match

$10k Carrot Fertility

Medical, Dental, Vision

Mental health benefits

Job summary

Propel is seeking a highly autonomous Fullstack Engineer to join our mission-driven team in Downtown Brooklyn or remotely. This role blends individual contributor work with engineering leadership, and offers the chance to influence multiple products and stacks, including healthcare enrollment, government programs, and internal tooling.

You will set technical direction, raise engineering standards, mentor peers, and own high‑impact projects end‑to‑end.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing, building, shipping, and maintaining complex full-stack software at scale.
• 3+ years leading and managing a team.
• Fluency in at least one backend and one frontend language, with a willingness to learn Python and JavaScript.
• Experience in a startup environment with ambiguity and autonomy.
• Ability to ramp up quickly to Propel's product ecosystem for large projects.
• Excellent communication across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Be a strategic leader in identifying technical and product opportunities; lead teams when needed.
• Set engineering standards, code hygiene, and documentation to ship high-quality products on schedule.
• Tackle high-complexity problems with autonomy and collaborative support to deliver impactful solutions.

Skills

Fullstack engineering

Team leadership

Python

JavaScript

Startup experience

Communication skills

Mentoring engineers

Problem solving

Tools

Git

Docker

AWS

Job description

Propel is seeking a highly autonomous Fullstack Engineer to join our mission-driven team in Downtown Brooklyn or remotely. This role blends individual contributor work with engineering leadership, and offers the chance to influence multiple products and stacks, including healthcare enrollment, government programs, and internal tooling.

You will set technical direction, raise engineering standards, mentor peers, and own high‑impact projects end‑to‑end.