Staff Software Engineer

At BuildOps, we’re building a groundbreaking software solution, purpose-built to support today’s commercial contractors. From helping our customers to manage their service all the way to project management, we’re breaking the mold and building a team that invests in our mission statement. We love driven, self-motivated folks that thrive in fast-paced environments. Could you be our next hire?

As a Staff Software Engineer (Full-Stack), your primary focus will be to architect, build, and optimize our industry-leading platform across the entire stack, from scalable frontend applications to high-performance backend services. We are looking for a motivated, self-starter who can drive technical excellence, mentor engineers, and influence best practices in a distributed team environment. Your role will be pivotal in delivering high-quality, scalable, and reliable software that powers the commercial contracting industry.

What You’ll Do:

• Architect, build, and maintain our full-stack platform, including scalable frontend applications (React.js) and high-performance backend services (Node.js, GraphQL, REST APIs).
• Lead technical decisions across the stack, ensuring high performance, maintainability, and best practices for both frontend and backend development.
• Design, develop, and optimize APIs to power our frontend applications and third-party integrations.
• Improve database design and query optimization, ensuring efficient data storage and retrieval.
• Enhance and optimize our design system and UI components using Material-UI, ensuring a seamless and consistent user experience.
• Own full-stack observability, implementing logging, monitoring, and performance analysis tools to improve reliability across frontend and backend services.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies that drive innovation and efficiency across the stack.
• Work in tandem with the QA engineering team to ship high-precision, well-tested software.
• Define and enforce testing strategies across both frontend and backend using tools such as Jest and React Testing Library.
• Mentor and guide other engineers, conducting technical design reviews, pair programming, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Lead technical initiatives that impact multiple teams, ensuring alignment with company goals and technical vision.
• Communicate effectively with engineers, product managers, customers, partners, and other leaders.

What We Expect:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on full-stack development in modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Deep expertise in React.js and state management with experience in building and maintaining scalable frontend architectures.
• Strong backend development experience with Node.js, designing and maintaining GraphQL APIs (Apollo, Relay) and RESTful services.
• Proficiency in database technologies (SQL), including PostgreSQL, MySQL,or similar.
• Experience with frontend and backend performance optimization, including database indexing, caching, and frontend rendering strategies.
• Strong experience with event-driven architecture, messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ), and real-time data processing.
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Prior knowledge or ability to quickly learn Python for backend development is a plus.
• Experience working in CI/CD environments, ensuring smooth and automated deployments across the stack.
• Track record of mentoring and coaching engineers, fostering a culture of growth and continuous learning.
• Strong communication and technical writing skills for documentation and cross-functional collaboration.
• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Able to work 3 days a week out of our Santa Monica HQ (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).

What We Offer:

• Base Salary range $160,000 - $200,000 + bonus
• Generous equity grant, become an owner in our company!
• A comprehensive benefits package.
• Flexible PTO and hybrid work schedules.
• Work from home stipend.
• Hubs in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Raleigh with hybrid work schedules with lunch provided for in-office days.
• Company events like BBQs and team-building activities, both in-person and virtual.
• Fast-paced, collaborative, and dynamic work environment.
• Opportunities for growth and career advancement.
• Chance to work with cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions.
• The chance to get in on the ground floor and build something truly groundbreaking for ourselves and our amazing customers.

About BuildOps:

BuildOps is a fast-paced, high-growth start-up committed to transforming a $300B+ industry through an innovative all-in-one SaaS platform. Leveraging the latest technology, we’re taking Commercial Specialty Contractors from the world of pen and paper to cloud-based, data-driven operations. Our leadership team has deep experience in both the Construction and SaaS technology industries, as well as a resume that includes Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, Cornell, Microsoft, and multiple successful start-up exits.

BuildOps has more than doubled year-over-year while raising over $140 million in total funding (including a recent round in Feb 2024). Top-tier investors like Founders Fund, Siemens, B Capital Group (BCG's venture arm), 01 Advisors, and more have backed BuildOps! Also, Dick Costolo, former CEO of Twitter, just joined our board, adding to an impressive group of investors/advisors including former President of Salesforce, Gavin Patterson; CAA founder Michael Ovitz; NFL legend Joe Montana; former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, and Boost Mobile CEO Stephen Stokols.

Forbes Magazine
“BuildOps is unique because it addresses the problem of efficiency in construction for an often-overlooked audience. Rather than focusing on large projects, or catering to owners, they look to the needs of technician-heavy subcontracting firms working in the commercial space.”

TechCrunch
“The new financing will be used to support the company’s continued growth. BuildOps sells software that integrates scheduling, dispatching, inventory management, contracts, workflow and accounting into a single software package for commercial real estate contractors with staff ranging from a few dozen to several hundred employees.”

Crunchbase
In a statement, [former NFL superstar] Joe Montana noted that his firm (Liquid 2 Ventures) has an investment thesis in supporting America’s working class… “I just love the idea of making their lives far easier and better,” he said. With BuildOps, “you have one solution that does it all and talks seamlessly to every single part of their business from parts to ordering to inventory and more.”