POSITION PURPOSE

The Full Stack Engineer builds and owns features across YPO’s layered, AI-first platform from the member-facing React experience through the GraphQL API layer, into the AI-powered intelligence and data services that drive personalized leadership insights for YPO’s global member base.

This is a high-ownership, end-to-end role spanning the experience layer (React, TypeScript, Apollo GraphQL), API and orchestration (Apigee, Auth0, Redis, Kafka), the AI-powered Leadership Intelligence layer (OpenAI, Google Gemini, Neo4j, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow), systems of record (Salesforce, PostgreSQL), and DevOps/hosting (AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog): taking features from concept through production release, instrumenting them, and iterating on data.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the full feature lifecycle architecture, implementation, code review, QA, deployment, and post-launch monitoring.

• Build responsive React/TypeScript frontends integrated with Optimizely; design Apollo GraphQL schemas and resolvers served through Apigee; build modular Node.js/NestJS backend services using Redis for caching and Kafka for event-driven workflows.

• Design and query PostgreSQL schemas (TypeORM/Prisma); collaborate on Snowflake pipelines and dbt models feeding the Leadership Intelligence layer.

• Integrate OpenAI and Google Gemini APIs for AI-powered discovery, recommendations, and matching; work with Neo4j graph data for relationship-driven insights.

• Use AI-assisted development workflows (pair programming, code generation, test scaffolding) to increase velocity without compromising quality; handle AI feature failures, timeouts, and token costs with a production mindset.

• Instrument features with PostHog and Datadog; design and run A/B experiments and feature-flag rollouts via Optimizely; use data to drive iteration.

• Contribute to architecture decisions, ADRs, and post-incident reviews; address performance bottlenecks across the stack (GraphQL resolvers, N+1 queries, frontend rendering, mobile time-to-interactive).

• Partner with product, design, the Lead Security Engineer, and DevOps to ensure features are secure, well-architected, and operationally sound from the start.

SKILLS

• Ability towork collaboratively in a multi-cultural organization with international members, helping them achieve excellence in voluntary roles for YPO initiatives.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including strong diplomacy skills with the ability to buildmeaningfulrelationships with all levels of associates,membersand vendors.Adaptable, insightful,empatheticand reliable.Great sense of humor and humility.

• Resourceful and able to work independently with initiative and common sense.Effective time management,organizationand prioritization skillswith the ability to focus on varied projects simultaneously.

• Possesses a distinct global mindset, sensitive to local and international customs and protocols.

• Demonstrate empathythroughactive listening and asking the right questions to find the source ofanissue.

• Able to identify problems, research alternatives, provide solutions and/or resolve issues in a timely manner. Anticipates member/internal clientneeds and delivers with clarity.

• Analyticalthinker with ability influence and guide processes with appropriate approachand execution.Natural curiosityand desire to learnmore; proficiency and interest in applying new technologies and tools.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including proof reading, with a meticulous attention to detail. Adjusts communication style appropriately to the audience.

• Professional presence, appearance, and stature to interact easily with YPO members, C-levelexecutivesandpeers at all levels within the organization.

EXPERIENCE/BACKGROUND

• 5 6 years of professional software engineering experience shipping production-grade products end-to-end.

• Strong TypeScript/React skills (component architecture, state management, hooks, performance).

• Backend experience with Node.js and NestJS building modular, tested services.

• GraphQL experience (schema design, resolvers, subscriptions, Apollo client/server) and familiarity with API gateway patterns (Apigee or equivalent).

• PostgreSQL proficiency (query optimization, schema design, TypeORM/Prisma).

• Experience with Auth0 or equivalent identity platforms.

• Familiarity with Redis and Kafka (or similar) for caching and event-driven/message-queue patterns.

PREFERED

• Production experience with OpenAI, Google Gemini, or other LLM APIs (prompt engineering, rate limiting, fallback handling, cost management).

• Strong architectural thinking and clear technical communication; experience with high-autonomy, end-to-end ownership.

• Neo4j or other graph database experience.

• Snowflake/data warehouse experience with dbt or Airflow.

• Optimizely or similar experimentation/feature-management platforms.

• Salesforce integration experience.

• AWS experience (ECS, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch).

• Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform.

• Testing with Vitest, Jest, or Playwright (unit, integration, e2e).

EDUCATION/TRAINING/CERTIFICATION

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work flexible and/or extended hours as needed to accommodate members and team members in multiple time zones.

• Willingness and ability to travel, domestically and internationally, without restrictions, approximately 5-10% per year.