Staff Software Engineer — AI-Driven Modernization Leader

Collectors Universe, Inc.

California (MO)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Collectors Universe, Inc. in Santa Ana, CA, is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to help lead a migration from Java/Spring to NestJS/TypeScript across services and frontends.

You will own architecture, drive modernization, mentor engineers, and push AI-assisted workflows while ensuring security and reliability across the platform. The role requires expert backend skills in TypeScript/Node.js and Java, with leadership experience spanning 1–2 quarters and a strong focus on scalable, observable

Qualifications

8+ years of professional software engineering experience with technical leadership.
Expert-level backend engineering in TypeScript/Node.js and/or Java.
Full-stack experience with React/Next.js fronts, APIs, and databases.
Experience modernizing legacy systems with strangler patterns.
Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL or MySQL and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

Set technical direction and end-to-end architecture for team domains.
Lead modernization efforts across monoliths and services.
Mentor engineers and foster documentation and knowledge sharing.
Drive AI tooling adoption with secure, verifiable code.
Collaborate with product, security, and operations for reliability.

Skills

TypeScript/Node.js

Java

Full-stack development

PostgreSQL/MySQL

AWS

AI tooling

Service orchestration

REST/GraphQL/gRPC

Tools

AWS CDK

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Collectors Universe, Inc. in Santa Ana, CA, is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to help lead a migration from Java/Spring to NestJS/TypeScript across services and frontends.

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