Software Engineer, Internal Platforms

SaidGig; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

SaidGig is hiring a high-ownership full-stack engineer to design and build internal tools, services, and AI-driven infra in a remote, fast-moving setting. You will own end-to-end platform systems and collaborate with product, operations, and design teams.

The role emphasizes scalable backend and frontend development with strong TypeScript skills, React experience, and exposure to AWS and PostgreSQL.

Qualifications

• Experience building or contributing to production full-stack systems through internships, projects, or professional work.
• Strong TypeScript fundamentals across frontend and/or backend development.
• Experience with React or a similar UI framework.
• Familiarity with Node.js backend development, with NestJS experience considered a plus.
• Understanding of PostgreSQL or other relational databases and core data-modeling principles.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and distributed-system communication patterns.
• Exposure to AWS or a similar cloud platform.
• Awareness of microservices, serverless, or event-driven architectures.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and an ownership mindset.
• Comfort working through ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop full-stack systems that support critical internal workflows and platform capabilities.
• Build scalable backend services and APIs with clear contracts and ownership.
• Create high-quality, high-performance frontend interfaces for internal teams and stakeholders.
• Contribute to data modeling, schema design, query tuning, and database maintainability.
• Partner with product, operations, and design teams to turn ambiguous requirements into scalable systems.
• Improve reliability, observability, and developer experience across internal tooling.
• Maintain engineering quality through code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement.
• Investigate and resolve production issues while strengthening operational resilience.
• Make practical tradeoffs among delivery speed, scalability, and maintainability.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Node.js

NestJS

RESTful APIs

AWS

Distributed systems

Problem-solving

Ownership mindset

Ambiguity tolerance

Tools

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Terraform

Job description

Role Overview

Build and improve the internal tools, services, and workflows that support operations, products, and AI-driven infrastructure. This high-ownership full-stack role offers the opportunity to grow into end-to-end ownership of core platform systems in a remote, fast-moving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop full-stack systems that support critical internal workflows and platform capabilities.
• Build scalable backend services and APIs with clear contracts and ownership.
• Create high-quality, high-performance frontend interfaces for internal teams and stakeholders.
• Contribute to data modeling, schema design, query tuning, and database maintainability.
• Partner with product, operations, and design teams to turn ambiguous requirements into scalable systems.
• Improve reliability, observability, and developer experience across internal tooling.
• Maintain engineering quality through code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement.
• Investigate and resolve production issues while strengthening operational resilience.
• Make practical tradeoffs among delivery speed, scalability, and maintainability.

Qualifications

• Experience building or contributing to production full-stack systems through internships, projects, or professional work.
• Strong TypeScript fundamentals across frontend and/or backend development.
• Experience with React or a similar UI framework.
• Familiarity with Node.js backend development, with NestJS experience considered a plus.
• Understanding of PostgreSQL or other relational databases and core data-modeling principles.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and distributed-system communication patterns.
• Exposure to AWS or a similar cloud platform.
• Awareness of microservices, serverless, or event-driven architectures.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and an ownership mindset.
• Comfort working through ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.

Preferred Experience

• CI/CD, infrastructure as code, or DevOps workflows.
• Internal developer platforms, operational tooling, or workflow automation systems.
• AI-adjacent, data-heavy, or machine-learning-powered products.
• Startup, lab, or high-growth engineering environments.
• Monitoring, observability, and platform reliability practices.

Work Terms

Full-time, remote position.

Compensation

The listed compensation range is $180, 000 to $280, 000 per year.

The national base-salary range stated for this full-time role is $120, 000 to $155, 000 USD.

Employees are eligible for equity compensation and may receive performance-based bonuses, depending on role and company policies.

Benefits

• Benefits include up to 100% reimbursement of health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with company match, and additional benefits for a remote-first workforce.

Eligibility

Qualified applicants receive equal employment consideration.