Senior Full Stack Engineer

Firestorm

$140K — $185K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
  • U.S. Citizenship required due to ITAR regulations.
  • 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience with production systems at significant scale.
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript, React, and Node.js-based backends.
  • Deep experience with relational databases (preferably Postgres) and ORMs (Prisma preferred).
  • Proven experience in shipping production-quality features in collaboration with product and design.
  • Ability to manage complex domain models and create maintainable software.

Responsibilities

  • Own features end-to-end from product brief to production, covering data model, API, frontend, tests, and rollout.
  • Design and evolve the core domain model, including work orders and defect records, along with related APIs.
  • Build user-friendly React interfaces optimized for factory floor use.
  • Write and review Postgres schemas and ensure data integrity during schema evolution.
  • Collaborate with product, design, and manufacturing teams to translate operational needs into software solutions.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions focusing on testing, observability, and operational excellence.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan for long-term investment.
  • Equity grants for new hires.
  • Unlimited PTO and a generous holiday calendar, including a holiday hiatus in November and December.
  • Generous Parental Leave policy.
  • Lifestyle Spending Account and other flexible spending accounts.
  • Mental Health Resources available 24/7, along with work-life services.
Full Job Description
About the Role

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will own end-to-end application development across the manufacturing software platform - API, frontend, data model, background jobs, and the integration points to other systems. You will ship features that technicians, supervisors, engineers, and quality teams rely on every day on the factory floor, and the quality of your work will be visible in how manufacturing runs. This is a hands-on IC role with heavy domain complexity - work orders, engineering change orders, effectivity, defect disposition - and we expect you to get deep on the problem, not just the stack.

What You'll Do

  • Own features end-to-end from product brief to production: data model, API, frontend, tests, and rollout.
  • Design and evolve the core domain model - work orders, engineering changes, effectivity, defect records - and the APIs thatoperateon it.
  • Build React interfaces that are fast, accessible, and designed for operator use on the factory floor, not just a web browser.
  • Write and review Postgres schemas and migrations; own data integrity across schema evolution.
  • Partner with product, design, and manufacturing stakeholders to translate real operational needs into shipped software.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and raise the bar on testing, observability, and operational excellence.


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • U.S. Citizenshiprequireddue to ITAR regulations.
  • 5+ years of full-stack engineering with production systems at non-trivial scale.
  • Strongproficiencyin TypeScript, React, and Node.js-based backends.
  • Deep experience with relational databases (Postgres preferred) and ORMs (Prisma preferred); you understand indexing, migrations, and transactional consistency.
  • Track recordof shipping production-quality features in close collaboration with product and design.
  • Demonstrated ability to reason about complex domain models and turn them into maintainable software.
  • Demonstrated history of holding yourself and your teammates to a high standard, even when it creates discomfort.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior experience building manufacturing, supply chain, ERP / MES / PLM, or other industrial software.
  • Familiarity with container-based deployments (Docker) and cloud infrastructure (AWS or Azure).
  • Experience with observability tooling (Datadog, Grafana,OpenTelemetry).
  • Background that includes both startup and scale-stage product engineering.


Work Environment

Based at our Headquarters in San Diego, CA. We welcome candidates who are local or open to relocating; relocation assistance is available and may be included in the offer package where appropriate.

Compensation

US Salary Range: $140,000 - $185,000 USD

The posted salary range reflects an estimate based on a variety of compensation factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, education, certifications, specialized skills, geographic location, and business needs. Actual compensation may vary, and this range is subject to change as our compensation structure or market conditions evolve.

Benefits & Perks

Our culture fosters collaboration, respect, and trust, empowering passionate people to do their best work. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career growth. In addition to an opportunity to take part in an innovative, collaborative and fast-growing business with a highly motivated and skilled team, we also take pride in taking care of our employees. Here are just a few ways that we show our appreciation:

  • We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and visions plans
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan to invest in your long-term retirement goals
  • Equity grants for new hires
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Extremely generous company holiday calendar, including a holiday hiatus in November, & December
  • Generous Parental Leave
  • Lifestyle Spending Account
  • FSA
  • DCFSA
  • HSA
  • Hospital Indemnity insurance
  • Critical Illness insurance
  • Accident insurance
  • Basic Life/AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, 100% covered by Firestorm.Plus, the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your family
  • Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, are available to you as well


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