Senior/Staff Software Engineer (TypeScript-infrastructure)

Staffing Science is a pre-series A opensource startup seeking a highly skilled Senior or Staff Software Engineer with a strong background in TypeScript and experience in developer tools. The role involves architecting and enhancing open-source platforms, leading the development of developer tooling, and collaborating with top engineers to build cutting-edge solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and enhance our open-source and enterprise platforms, ensuring seamless integrations for developers
• Lead the development of developer tooling, SDKs, and infrastructure solutions that enhance performance and usability
• Drive best practices in functional programming, TypeScript, and Node.js, focusing on clean architecture and maintainability
• Collaborate with top engineers and open-source contributors to build cutting-edge solutions in AI and developer tooling
• Own complex technical challenges end-to-end, from design to deployment, in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment
• Engage with the developer community, contribute to open-source projects, and ensure best-in-class API design and DX (Developer Experience)
• Architect and develop scalable, self-hostable cloud-native applications that run across multi-cloud and on-prem environments
• Design and implement backend infrastructure, APIs, and system integrations that support high-scale developer workflows
• Optimize containerized deployments with Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm, ensuring high availability and seamless automation
• Lead best practices for intra-application communication, distributed systems, and CI/CD pipelines
• Work closely with open-source contributors, enterprise teams, and cloud engineers to build highly flexible and extensible developer tools
• Build infrastructure that enables millions of developer interactions, ensuring security, performance, and scalability
• Own deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring cloud-agnostic design without vendor lock-in

Requirements:

• Deep expertise in TypeScript (5+ years)
• Advanced React knowledge (beyond UI development—focus on state management, infrastructure, and performance optimization)
• Strong backend experience with Node.js and related frameworks
• Understanding of developer tooling and infrastructure
• Experience in SDK development or creating tools for developers
• High autonomy —thrives in ambiguity and takes initiative without micromanagement
• Experience working in open-source environments —contributions, collaborations, or leadership in open-source projects
• Strong backend engineering expertise in Node.js / TypeScript (5+ years)
• Deep Kubernetes experience —container orchestration, Helm charts, cluster management
• Hands-on Docker expertise —optimizing containerized environments
• Experience designing self-hosted and cloud-native applications that operate in hybrid cloud/on-prem environments
• Strong AWS experience —understanding of cloud-native patterns and infrastructure design
• High autonomy —capable of leading and executing complex projects with minimal guidance
• Deep understanding of intra-application communication and backend system optimization
• Strong grasp of functional programming principles (background in Rust, Haskell, or similar is a plus)
• Experience optimizing nested asynchronous operations and handling performance bottlenecks
• Background in Large Language Models (LLMs) or AI-driven developer tooling
• Experience with Python for backend services or AI/ML integrations
• Cloud native or kubernetes background
• Experience with Azure and GCP —multi-cloud deployment expertise
• Background in DevOps, CI/CD automation, and cloud security
• Experience building developer tools, SDKs, and open-source platforms
• Strong grasp of distributed computing and scalable backend architectures
• Experience working with LLMs or AI-native infrastructure
• Python experience for backend automation and AI-driven integrations