Staff Full-Stack Engineer - Real-Time, High-Scale Systems

Orum; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Vacation Policy

Orum Days Off

Medical, dental, vision 90% coverage

Online behavioral health

Parental leave

Life Insurance and AD&D

401(k) savings plan

Stock options

Equipment reimbursement

Company retreats and meetups

Women of Orum (WOO)

Job summary

Orum is seeking a Staff Full-Stack Engineer to lead end-to-end delivery of a real-time, high-scale product surface. You’ll architect, build, and evolve systems spanning backend services and modern web UIs powering live calling workflows, while mentoring engineers and raising the bar for simplicity, performance, and reliability.

You’ll partner closely with Product and Design—your technical judgment will shape the roadmap.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering with staff-level scope.
• Experience delivering products end-to-end from discovery to deployment.
• Expertise with TypeScript/Node.js and React, and strong SQL fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Own complex product areas end-to-end—from discovery to iteration across Node/TS backends and React frontends.
• Lead architecture and design for real-time, high-volume worklows (SIP, WebSockets, streaming audio).
• Write technical design docs, set standards for code quality, testing, performance, and observability.
• Collaborate with PM/Design/engineers to translate requirements into performant experiences; document decisions.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews and pairing; foster craftsmanship and clarity.
• Improve DevEx and reliability via APIs, data contracts, testing, and progressive delivery.
• Participate in on-call and uphold operational excellence.

Skills

8+ years software engineering

Staff-level leadership

TypeScript/Node.js

React

SQL/PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

Product mindset

Communication

Tools

FreeSWITCH

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/AZURE)

Job description

Orum is seeking a Staff Full-Stack Engineer to lead end-to-end delivery of a real-time, high-scale product surface. You’ll architect, build, and evolve systems spanning backend services and modern web UIs powering live calling workflows, while mentoring engineers and raising the bar for simplicity, performance, and reliability.

You’ll partner closely with Product and Design—your technical judgment will shape the roadmap.