Staff Software Engineer — Lead Platform & Security

Together for Talent; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

80% employer-paid health and wellness

403(b) retirement plan with 7% match

Very generous PTO

Job summary

Together for Talent is seeking an experienced senior engineer to own full-stack development with a strong frontend focus. The role centers on Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, with deployments on AWS, Vercel, and Cloudflare.

You’ll shape architecture and drive critical decisions in a lean, high-trust team. You will write documentation, design runbooks, and participate in security reviews while solving real scalability challenges.

Qualifications

• BSCS or equivalent technical degree preferred.
• 7-10+ years of professional software engineering experience at staff/principal level.
• Deep production experience with Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS and a modern cloud stack (AWS, Vercel, Cloudflare).
• Track record of driving technical decisions, not just participation.
• Strong documentation, security, and operational resilience instincts.
• Comfort at senior/staff scope even if title is not aligned.
• Annual performance bonus based on organizational performance.
• 80% employer-paid health and wellness coverage.
• 403(b) retirement plan with 7% employer match.
• Very generous PTO.

Responsibilities

• Drive build-vs-buy and major architecture decisions with clear tradeoffs.
• Own technical documentation as deliverables: design docs and runbooks.
• Lead disaster recovery and incident response with DR planning.
• Incorporate threat modeling and access-control design, lead security reviews.
• Solve scalability challenges amid traffic spikes and data growth.
• Provide technical direction while remaining hands-on in the codebase.

Skills

Next.js

React

Tailwind CSS

AWS

Cloudflare

Architecture design

Security best practices

Education

BSCS or equivalent

Tools

Vercel

Cloudflare

Git

Job description

Together for Talent is seeking an experienced senior engineer to own full-stack development with a strong frontend focus. The role centers on Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, with deployments on AWS, Vercel, and Cloudflare.

You’ll shape architecture and drive critical decisions in a lean, high-trust team. You will write documentation, design runbooks, and participate in security reviews while solving real scalability challenges.