Senior Software Engineer (Node.js & React)
We're looking for a senior engineer who can take ownership of complex systems, make sound technical decisions, and drive meaningful outcomes. You'll work across the full stack - backend services, frontend applications, infrastructure, and data - with significant autonomy over how problems get solved.
This isn't a role where someone hands you tickets. You'll assess tradeoffs, identify what matters, and ship solutions that move the business forward.
Key Responsibilities:
Make technical decisions with business awareness - evaluate options, assess risks, understand downstream impact, and choose the right path - not just the clever one
Own systems end-to-end - from database schema to API design to UI, across multiple services
Analyze impact before acting - understand how changes propagate through interconnected services, data pipelines, and scheduled jobs before committing to an approach
Improve what exists - identify bottlenecks, reduce fragility, expand test coverage, and modernize legacy code pragmatically
Design for reliability - build systems that handle failure gracefully, with proper observability, error handling, and recovery
Set technical direction - establish patterns, review architecture, and raise the engineering bar for the team
Tech Stack:
Backend: Node.js, Express, TypeScript
Frontend: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS
Databases: MongoDB, MySQL
Caching: Redis
Infrastructure: Docker, cloud deployment (DigitalOcean), Turborepo Monorepo
Scheduling: Cron-based job orchestration
Integrations: REST APIs, web scraping, proxy management
Technical Skills:
Strong production experience with TypeScript/Node.js and Express
Solid skills across MongoDB and MySQL - schema design, query optimization, migrations
Experience building and maintaining React frontends
Hands-on with Docker, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines
Experience with Monorepo architecture and multi-service systems
Demonstrated ability to make technical decisions independently - weighing tradeoffs, assessing blast radius, and communicating rationale clearly
Strong impact analysis skills - you think through second-order effects before making changes to production systems
Experience with web scraping, proxy rotation, and third-party API integration at scale
Familiarity with Redis caching and scheduled job orchestration
Nice to Have:
Experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, or similar)
Familiarity with Kubernetes - container orchestration, deployments, scaling, and cluster management
Experience with observability platforms (Datadog or similar)
Background in e-commerce, marketplace integrations, or dynamic pricing systems
Experience leading small engineering teams
AI Usage:
AI tools are a core part of how we work:
Claude Code and Cursor are used daily for development - code generation, refactoring, debugging, and architectural reasoning
We expect you to be proficient with AI-assisted development and use it to move faster without sacrificing quality
Experience applying AI/ML to business problems (optimization, forecasting, anomaly detection) is a plus
Who You Are:
You think before you build. You ask "what breaks if this changes?" before writing code
You communicate decisions clearly - to engineers and to non-technical stakeholders
You take ownership of outcomes, not just tasks
You're pragmatic - you ship working solutions and improve iteratively rather than chasing perfection
You're comfortable with ambiguity and can turn vague problems into concrete plans
Here at Frontier Dental, we are a diverse team that nurtures an inclusive environment. We attribute our growth significantly to our ability to learn from one another’s perspectives. Frontier Dental values the unique skills and experiences of each of our candidates; recognizing that each prospective team member contributes to our efforts in building a diverse and inclusive place to work. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer and are happy to provide accommodations upon request at all stages of the recruitment process. Should you require any disability-related accommodation to support your participation in our recruitment process, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
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