[Hiring] Senior Full Stack Engineer @GridUnity

Role Description

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling GridUnity’s cloud-based SaaS platform. This is not just a coding role—you will act as a technical leader, mentor, and change agent, helping drive engineering excellence across the team. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will own complex features end-to-end and ensure the highest levels of scalability, reliability, and security.

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of high-scale, data-driven applications across the full stack.
• Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and pairing sessions, raising the technical bar across the team.
• Champion engineering best practices, driving improvements in scalability, reliability, observability, and security.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and cross-functional teammates to translate business needs into elegant, well-architected solutions.
• Influence system architecture decisions and take the lead on high-impact technical initiatives.
• Serve as a steward of good data practices, ensuring privacy, security, and accuracy of critical datasets.
• Act as a change agent within the engineering organization—introducing new tools, workflows, and approaches that improve how we deliver software.
• Contribute thought leadership and technical expertise to support our long-term product and technology strategy.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, including 3+ years in senior-level roles.
• Proven leadership skills: mentoring junior engineers, leading technical initiatives, and driving team-wide improvements.
• Strong experience building and scaling full-stack applications.
• Professional experience with several of the following technologies:
• Backend: Node.js, TypeScript, Java, Python, or C#.
• Frontend: React or a similar modern JavaScript framework.
• Databases: PostgreSQL or another relational database.
• Demonstrated experience architecting, building, and maintaining production systems.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction and align teams.

Requirements

• Experience with serverless architectures (e.g., AWS Lambda, API Gateway).
• Production experience with GraphQL (queries, mutations, schema design).
• Familiarity with event-driven and microservice architectures.
• Exposure to multi-tenant systems and role-based access control.
• Track record of contributing to architecture and system design in growth-stage SaaS companies.
• Daily user of AI-enhanced engineering tools (Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.).
• Interest or experience in integrating LLMs into production systems (prompt engineering, embeddings, structured outputs, or agent-style workflows).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages that recognize your expertise and contributions.
• Remote-first culture that provides flexibility and balance.
• Professional development opportunities, including training, mentorship, and career pathing.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance starting day one.
• Short- and long-term disability and basic life insurance at no cost to you.
• 401(k) plan with a 4% match to help secure your future.
• Flexible PTO and a supportive work culture that values balance.
• Mission-driven work with the opportunity to make a significant impact in the energy sector.