Software Engineer - React & NodeJS (Full-time)

Orlando Informer

$90K — $110K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience in production applications
  • Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills
  • Hands-on experience with React Native, ideally with Expo
  • Experience building backend services with Node, preferably using NestJS or Express
  • Solid SQL skills with experience in MySQL
  • Comfort in integrating third-party APIs and payment systems
  • Strong time-management skills

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship features in the React Native mobile app from concept to release
  • Design, build, and maintain Node/NestJS APIs for mobile and web experiences
  • Write and optimize SQL queries for MySQL databases
  • Integrate with third-party platforms like Stripe and Shopify
  • Debug production issues and improve system reliability
  • Collaborate with a lean team to decide on future projects

Benefits

  • Health, vision, dental, and life insurance
  • Unlimited paid time off policy
  • 6% company-matched 401(k) plan
  • Access to Orlando theme parks
  • Potential rewards discussed during the interview process
Full Job Description
About the role

As a software engineer at Orlando Informer, you'll help build best-in-class experiences for guests planning their trips to the Orlando theme parks. Our engineering team is small, collaborative, and fast, and we hold a high bar for the work we ship.

You'll own meaningful pieces of the product from day one: our React Native mobile app, the Node services behind it, and the data layer tying our ticketing, events, and guest systems together. Being small and remote-first means you'll see a lot of the business, from consumer features used by hundreds of thousands of guests to the internal tooling our team leans on during our Orlando Informer Meetup.

We're looking for someone who is passionate about the parks, pragmatic, takes ownership, and cares about delivering high-quality features.

What you'll do

  • Build and ship features in our React Native (Expo) mobile app, from concept through App Store and Play Store release
  • Design, build, and maintain Node/NestJS APIs that power our mobile and web experiences
  • Write and optimize SQL against our MySQL databases, and help shape the schema as our products grow
  • Integrate with third-party platforms, including Stripe, Shopify, and partner ticketing systems
  • Debug production issues across the stack and improve the reliability of what we've already built
  • Collaborate closely with a lean team, and help decide what gets built next

Requirements
What you'll bring
  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production applications
  • Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills across both client and server
  • Ability to use AI tools to improve the speed of your work without sacrificing quality
  • Hands-on experience with React Native (Expo experience a plus), including the realities of app store builds, releases, and OTA updates
  • Experience building backend services in Node, ideally with a structured framework such as NestJS or Express
  • Solid SQL skills and experience designing and querying relational databases (we use MySQL)
  • Comfort integrating third-party APIs and payment platforms
  • Experience debugging production systems with logs, metrics, and error tracking
  • Strong time-management skills
  • This is a remote position, but residency in Florida or Texas is required.
    Bonus points for
  • Experience with Stripe, Shopify, or other commerce and payments platforms
  • Experience with cloud hosting and deployment (Heroku, AWS, or similar), CI/CD, and infrastructure work
  • Mobile analytics and monitoring tooling (Sentry, Mixpanel, PostHog)
  • A genuine interest in theme parks and travel

Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Health, vision, dental, and life insurance
  • In addition to 10 paid holidays, all full-time employees are eligible for our unlimited paid time off policy
  • 6% company-matched 401(k) plan
  • Orlando theme-park access
  • During the interview process, ask us about ways we have rewarded our team in the past.

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