Role description
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer
AltaTypeFull-time
WorkplaceOn-site
SeniorityStaff / Lead
Salary$200,000–$250,000
LocationNew York, NY
Posted10/26/2026
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer (Full-Time)
About Alta:
Alta is building the future of shopping with AI.
We have raised $21M+ from a Forerunner, Menlo Ventures, LCMH and consumer technology angels like Karlie Kloss (Klossy), Tony Xu (Doordash), Manish Chandra (Poshmark), Jenny Fleiss (Rent the Runway), Amjad Masad + Michele Catasta (Replit).
The Role:
We are in search of a full stack engineer to join the small, talented engineering team at Alta.
This is a fit if you:
- Thrive in ambiguous problems, shaping the frontier of how shoppers interact with AI, and the 0 to 1 journey. You think strategically & solve engineering problems thoroughly.
- Are highly proficient in React or willing to learn.
- Embody Alta’s values:
- Trustworthiness: We believe in acting with high-integrity.
- Work hard: We work hard & take ownership in building the best product.
- Continuous improvement: We are constantly learning and shipping.
- Customer obsession: We all talk to users.
Responsibilities:
- Build beautiful, polished, and delightful user interfaces that build trust and showcase the power of our AI technology & shopping recommendation models.
- Scaling Alta’s suite of applications as we grow. Monitoring, debugging, and fixing issues in deployed applications. Improving the speed and quality of our codebase.
- Collaborating across disciplines, including design, engineering and growth.
Requirements:
- 4+ years of Full stack or backend engineering experience, ideally 6+ YOE.
- Experience with React, TypeScript, Python. Have worked with NodeJS and ideally NextJS.
Nice to have:
- Experience building in consumer AI, whether in a previous role or on the side (e.g. hackathons)
- Experience in growth engineering.
Location:
- In-person, NYC
- Competitive package ($200-250k base + Alta equity + healthcare benefits).