Senior Fullstack Engineer (Frontend-Focused)

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Senior Fullstack Engineer

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Shape the future of student transportation.

At BusRight, we’re replacing pen-and-paper logistics with real-time, intelligent routing software. Our platform powers live location tracking, ETA notifications, operational dashboards, and route optimization for schools, families, and drivers across the U.S.

We’re looking for a senior fullstack engineer — someone who can own both frontend and backend implementation, with a primary strength in frontend architecture and user experience. You’ll help improve performance, define modular UI systems, mentor engineers, and ship fullstack features end-to-end.

Role Overview

As a Senior Fullstack (Frontend-Focused) Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping our engineering culture, development processes, and roadmap.

Joining Our Engineering Team Means

Designing and building performant UIs for data-heavy, real-time features such as maps, live dashboards, and large tables

Developing frontend modules using React, TanStack tools (React Query, Table), and CSS Modules

Owning fullstack features end-to-end, including backend APIs in Node.js where needed

Collaborating within a monorepo (Nx) to share code across frontend and backend boundaries

Continuously improving UI rendering performance, DX, and maintainability

Working closely with product, design, and engineering teams to create intuitive, reliable user experiences

Participating in brainstorming sessions, customer feedback forums, and product ideation

Requirements

You have 5+ years of experience building production-grade web applications

You’re highly proficient in TypeScript, React, and modern frontend architecture

You have deep experience with component design, state management, and performance tuning

You have deep knowledge of React performance tuning, virtualization, and rendering strategies

You’ve built and scaled UIs that render complex data (e.g., tables, maps, dashboards) efficiently

You have a practical understanding of SOLID principles

You Have a good understanding of UI/UX design principles and a passion for creating user-friendly interfaces

You’re comfortable implementing or collaborating on REST APIs and backend logic using Node.js

You’ve deployed and maintained frontend apps with a focus on reliability, observability, and developer experience

You’re comfortable taking ownership of projects — from design to deployment and beyond

You mentor other engineers and contribute to growing team capabilities

You proactively identify problems and opportunities, not just waiting for tickets

You collaborate effectively across teams and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical peers

You think critically, challenge assumptions, and make pragmatic technical decisions

You adapt quickly to new information, shifting priorities, or feedback

You care how your work connects to the broader product and company goals

You embody our engineering values: learning from mistakes, collaboration, ownership, simplicity, and long-term thinking

You embody our company values (more here)

You Get Extra Points For

You have experience using shared code and types in a monorepo environment (e.g., Nx)

A strong understanding of loosely coupled architectures and their long-term benefits

Familiarity with refactoring techniques to improve codebase structure and maintainability

Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and modern testing best practices

Design sensibility and experience working closely with designers or building component libraries

Tech Stack

Backend: TypeScript, Node.js, Koa, Express, Kysely, PostgreSQL, Firebase Firestore (legacy), Redis, BullMQ, ElasticSearch, Jest

Frontend: TypeScript, React, React Router, Vite, CSS Modules (SASS), TanStack (React Query, Table), Storybook, Vitest

Infrastructure: Kubernetes (GCP), Nx Monorepo, Feature Flags

Benefits

Competitive compensation: $120,000 - $200,000/year

(based on experience and expertise)

Meaningful equity

$500/year learning & WFH budget

Flexible PTO and working hours

Remote-first work environment