Senior Full Stack Engineer - Ops Long-Term team

We’re looking for an experienced Full Stack Engineer to join our Ops Realtime Team. This is a very senior-level position, suitable for an engineer with 7-10 years of experience who’s ready to take on high-impact projects in a serverless, event-driven environment. You'll be directly involved in developing and deploying real-time features critical to operational efficiency and user experience.

In this role, you’ll lead technical decisions across the frontend, backend, and infrastructure of our modern web application. You’ll collaborate with Product Management, Design, and other tech teams on architecture proposals, implementing them with engineering colleagues on your team. Your work will focus on improving features, reliability, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and maintain full-stack applications using React, TypeScript, Redux/Redux-Saga on the frontend, and Node.js with TypeScript on AWS Lambda for the backend.
• Navigate the complexities of our event-sourcing and CQRS-based system in a serverless AWS environment.
• Actively participate in the entire development lifecycle, driving technical discussions across teams.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager and Designer to deliver robust, scalable features.
• Maintain and improve coding standards and best practices within the team, offering mentorship and technical guidance as needed.

• 7+ years of experience in full-stack development, with deep knowledge of TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
• Practical experience in serverless architecture, especially AWS Lambda.
• Experience with event-driven design patterns, such as event sourcing and CQRS.
• Experience with AWS Aurora and DynamoDB for data management, and Elasticsearch for centralized logging.
• Strong command of infrastructure-as-code; we heavily rely on AWS CDK.
• Willingness to get involved with our infrastructure stack, including Jenkins CI/CD, Cypress, and Elastic.

About the company

Optibus is all about transforming mass transportation to make it the go-to choice for more people. We see transit as central to the future of mobility, and we're building the tech to make it faster, smarter, and more reliable.

Our vision is to power efficient, passenger-friendly transit through advanced AI and optimization algorithms. By improving scheduling and operations, we help cities deliver better transit for everyone. With a product used in over 5,000 cities worldwide, we're growing fast as a leader in this space.

Our team is serious about pushing boundaries, and we keep it collaborative and fun. Join us in making mass transit radically better!

Optibus.com is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire talented individuals, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, cultural background, religious beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.