Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack

Epickids; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote for US-based candidates

Job summary

Epickids is seeking an experienced software engineer to own end-to-end features across frontend, backend, APIs, and data layer for a web app. You will shape architecture and standards while ensuring live services remain reliable.

This fully remote role targets US-based candidates; you will collaborate with a distributed engineering team and mentor others, participating in design reviews and leveraging AI-assisted tooling.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience with autonomous ownership of cross‑team work.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or related field.
• Strong frontend skills with TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and accessibility fundamentals.
• Experience designing and operating production REST or gRPC APIs and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver full-stack features from spec to production release.
• Decide architecture, data models, and API design; align stakeholders on trade-offs.
• Improve code quality through reviews and testing across frontend and backend.
• Mentor junior engineers via pairing and code reviews.
• Lead technical design reviews, RFCs, and architecture discussions.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools while maintaining quality standards.
• Participate in production support, including post-incident reviews and fixes.

Skills

Full-stack development

TypeScript/JavaScript

HTML & CSS

Accessibility fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

MySQL

Job description

Role overview

Own software features from initial specification through production across a web application’s front end, back end, APIs, and data layer. You’ll contribute to architecture and technical standards while supporting the reliability of live services and helping other engineers grow. The role is fully remote for US-based candidates and involves working with a distributed engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver full-stack features, taking work from specification through production release.
• Make and document decisions about architecture, data models, and API design, and align stakeholders on trade-offs.
• Improve code quality through reviews and testing across front-end and back-end systems.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through pairing and constructive code review.
• Lead technical design reviews, RFCs, and architecture discussions.
• Use AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully while maintaining engineering quality standards.
• Participate in production support, including investigations, post-incident reviews, and lasting fixes.

Requirements

• At least five years of professional software engineering experience, including autonomous ownership of complex, cross-team work.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
• Strong front-end skills with a modern component framework and solid TypeScript or JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and accessibility fundamentals.
• Strong back-end experience in a modern server-side language.
• Relational database skills, including data modeling, query performance, and indexing.
• Experience designing and operating production REST or gRPC APIs.
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows, and CI/CD.

Nice to have

• Experience with Angular, PHP/Symfony, Go, or MySQL; production service migrations; server-side templating; Docker or Kubernetes; cloud platforms; or observability tools.
• Awareness of children’s privacy frameworks such as COPPA or FERPA.
• Mandarin proficiency.

Benefits and work setup

• Fully remote for US-based candidates, collaborating with a globally distributed team.
• The stated compensation range is $160,000–$210,000, inclusive of bonus, with flexibility based on skills.