Staff Full Stack Engineer

Velocity Talent; New York (NY); On-site; USD 155,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Robots & Pencils is seeking a Staff Full Stack Engineer for Robots & Pencils. This is a Remote US role with an ASAP start date, expenses-covered in-person interview, and a one-week onboarding period.

The position offers a compensation range of $155,000 to $230,000 and requires permanent authorization to work in the US without sponsorship. The role demands ownership at architect level across React/TypeScript, Python/Node.js, and production AI integrations, including front-end architecture,

Qualifications

• Senior full-stack role defining technical strategy and building across React/TypeScript, Python/Node.js, and AI integrations.
• Front-end architecture, scalable UI systems, backend/API architecture, and real-time channel integrations.
• Mentor engineers; drive performance, reliability, security, and observability.
• Remote US role with in-person onboarding and expenses-covered interview.

Responsibilities

• Define frontend architecture and standards; ship polished, demo-ready experiences.
• Lead backend development, API design, and channel integrations across Slack/Teams/SMS.
• Design database schemas; ensure performance, security and observability.
• Integrate LLM APIs, streaming, tool calls, and multi-step agent flows.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Python

Node.js

Angular

Next.js

API design

AI integrations

Tools

AWS

Job description

Staff Full Stack Engineer for Robots & Pencils. Remote US role; start date ASAP. Includes in-person interview and one-week onboarding, expenses covered. Compensation: $155,000-$230,000. Authorization: must be permanently authorized to work in the US; no sponsorship. Hiring manager: Sarah Hamilton.

This is a senior-most, high-ownership full-stack engineering role for an architect-caliber builder who can define technical strategy and build across React/TypeScript, Python/Node.js, and production AI integrations. The role includes front-end architecture, polished demo-ready experiences, backend/API architecture, real-time channel integrations across chat, voice, and web, and AI service integration.

Responsibilities include defining front-end architecture and standards, building scalable UI systems in React/Angular/Next.js/TypeScript, leading backend development and API architecture, designing channel integrations across Slack, Teams, SMS, Twilio, PSTN, and web, implementing real-time messaging and webhook pipelines, designing efficient database schemas, driving performance/reliability/security, leading monitoring and observability, integrating LLM APIs, streaming, tool/function calling, multi-step agent flows and RAG, and mentoring engineers.

Requirements

Remote US role with expenses-covered in-person interview and one-week onboarding. Work with a senior-by-design team building production AI systems for enterprise clients. Robots & Pencils holds an Advanced AWS Partnership and AWS Patterns Partnership.