Full Stack Engineer

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Job Title: Full Stack Software Engineer

Location:
San Luis Obispo, CA (In-office – we thrive on collaboration in a close-knit team environment)

Employment Type:
Full-time

About the Role
We are seeking a talented and versatile Full Stack Software Engineer to join our small, high-impact engineering team in beautiful San Luis Obispo. In this role, you'll contribute across the entire stack—building responsive user interfaces, robust server-side logic, secure APIs, and reliable cloud infrastructure. You'll work closely with 4–8 other engineers, product owners, and designers in a collaborative, in-person setting where your ideas directly shape our products. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys end-to-end ownership in a supportive, low-ego environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain full-stack web applications using React for the frontend and Node.js for the backend
• Build and optimize RESTful APIs and GraphQL services with Node.js
• Design, implement, and maintain relational database schemas and queries using PostgreSQL
• Deploy, monitor, and scale applications on AWS (including services such as EC2, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, API Gateway, IAM, and CloudFormation)
• Collaborate daily with a small team in our San Luis Obispo office to plan features, review code, troubleshoot issues, and iterate quickly
• Write clean, maintainable, testable code following best practices
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and on-call rotations (light, team-shared)
• Help improve our CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Contribute to technical decision-making in a flat, collaborative team structure

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer (or equivalent)
• Strong proficiency in
  React
  (including hooks, context, state management with Redux or similar, and modern patterns)
• Solid experience with
  Node.js
  (Express or similar frameworks, async programming, REST/GraphQL APIs)
• Significant hands-on experience with
  PostgreSQL
  (schema design, complex queries, indexing, performance tuning, transactions)
• Proven expertise in
  AWS
  (multiple services beyond basics; experience with serverless, containers, or infrastructure-as-code is a big plus)
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript across the full stack
• Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working in a small-team, in-person environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes/ECS, or other container orchestration
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI)
• Knowledge of testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, etc.)
• Previous work in Agile/Scrum teams
• Understanding of security best practices (OWASP, authentication, data encryption)
• Experience with frontend styling tools (Tailwind CSS, styled-components, etc.)

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) matching

If you're a full-stack engineer who values in-person collaboration, enjoys wearing multiple hats, and wants to make a meaningful impact in a small team setting— we'd love to hear from you!

To apply, please submit your resume and a brief note about your experience with AWS, PostgreSQL, React, and Node.js.