Sr. Full Stack Engineer (Backend)

VibeIQ Inc.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k), Health, Dental, Vision

12 Paid Holidays per Year

Discretionary Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

VibeIQ Inc. in Boston seeks a Sr. Full Stack Engineer (Backend) to join the Core Apps team. You will own backend services, design APIs, and run them on AWS, while collaborating with frontend work in Angular or React.

This hybrid role requires 5+ years building production backends in TypeScript/Node.js, strong data modeling, and a bias for reliable, scalable systems. You’ll mentor peers, contribute to design reviews, and help improve CI, testing, and overall engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and running production backend services with TypeScript and Node.js.
• Hands-on AWS experience with Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, and event-driven services such as SQS/SNS.
• A track record of API design and data modeling in reliable, high-traffic systems.
• Working proficiency in a modern frontend framework, Angular preferred or React.
• Strong debugging skills in distributed systems with ability to design cross-stack fixes.
• Clear technical writing: design docs, runbooks, decisions easily acted on.
• Proactive communication and willingness to mentor others.
• Startup mentality: ownership, fast iteration, and multi-hat involvement.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the backend services behind our core apps.
• Run those services on AWS and ensure reliability, performance, observability, and cost efficiency.
• Build AI-assisted generation features and the services that support them.
• Own features end-to-end, including Angular work when needed.
• Model data for large catalogs and multi-tenant workloads, keeping pace with growth.
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to define and build.
• Diagnose and fix production issues across distributed systems.
• Improve code quality, reviews, CI, and testing processes.
• Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and raise technical bar.
• Collaborate with teams across VibeIQ to improve product and engineering practices.

Skills

AWS

TypeScript

Node.js

Backend development

Frontend (Angular/React)

Distributed systems

Design docs

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Angular

React

OpenSearch

Elasticsearch

Lambda

API Gateway

DynamoDB

S3

Job description

Sr. Full Stack Engineer (Backend)
Salary Range: $180,000 - $200,000 annually
This range reflects the base salary VibeIQ expects to pay for this role. Actual offers may vary based on the candidate's experience and skills

POSITION SUMMARY

We're looking for a Sr. Full Stack Engineer to join the Core Apps team. Core Apps builds the products our customers use every day: the collaboration board, the planning grid, and the showcases they share with partners and buyers. We also own the services and shared libraries behind them, covering line planning, item search, assortments, documents, presentations and previews, projects, custom entities, and AI-assisted line and item generation.

This is a true full stack team, and this role leans backend. You'll own API services across the domain, from the data model and service architecture through the AWS infrastructure they run on. You'll also work in the Angular apps that consume those services. This is a hybrid role based in Boston with 2 days per week in office.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Design, build, and maintain the backend services behind our core apps.
• Run those services on AWS and stay accountable for their reliability, performance, observability, and cost.
• Build AI-assisted generation features, such as generating lines and items from customer data, along with the services that support them.
• Own features end to end, from technical design through deployment and monitoring, including the Angular work when the feature calls for it.
• Model data for large customer catalogs and multi-tenant workloads, and keep it fast as those catalogs grow.
• Work with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define what we build, and bring your own ideas to that conversation.
• Diagnose and fix production issues across distributed systems.
• Improve how we work: code quality, code review, continuous integration, and testing.
• Mentor other engineers, lead design reviews, and raise the technical bar on the team.
• Collaborate with teams across VibeIQ to improve our product, architecture, and engineering practices.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

1. 5+ years building and running production backend services, TypeScript and Node.js preferred.
2. Hands-on AWS depth across Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, and event-driven services such as SQS and SNS. You've operated what you built.
3. A track record of API design and data modeling in reliable, high-traffic systems.
4. Working proficiency in a modern frontend framework, Angular preferred or React.
5. Strong debugging skills in distributed systems. You can research a problem, weigh the options, and design a fix that spans the stack.
6. Clear technical writing: design docs, runbooks, and decisions others can act on without follow-up.
7. Proactive communication. You care about learning, growing, and helping others do the same.
8. Startup mentality: comfort with ownership, fast iteration, and wearing multiple hats

NICE TO HAVE

1. Domain experience in retail, apparel, or consumer products: line planning, assortments, merchandising, or PLM.
2. Experience shipping LLM-backed product features, including prompt design, evaluation, and cost and latency tradeoffs.
3. Familiarity with SaaS integrations such as PLM, DAM, PIM, or ERP systems.
4. Experience with real-time sync, WebSockets, or collaborative editing.
5. Depth in Angular, NgRx/RxJS, or browser performance work.
6. Experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch at scale.
7. Experience with automated testing and testable system design.
8. Experience managing cloud spend.
9. An interest in security.
10. A strong intuition for UX.

WHY JOIN US

1. Transform how companies work by empowering the collaboration behind every great product
2. Work on challenging, high-impact projects with enterprise clients.
3. Collaborate with top talent in a dynamic, growth-oriented company.
4. Enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and opportunities for career advancement.
5. Be part of a Professional Services team that values innovation, customer success, and continuous learning.

BENEFITS

• 401(k), Health, Dental, Vision
• 12 Paid Holidays per Year
• Discretionary Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave

ABOUT VIBEIQ

At VibeIQ, we pioneer the future of digital collaboration with our innovative suite of apps built specifically for product teams. Our mission is helping companies that design, manufacture, or sell products work more effectively, enable a better work-life balance, and reduce their environmental impact.

VibeIQ, Inc. values a diverse team and is an equal opportunity employer.