April
Staff Full-Stack Engineer
New York City · Staff+
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 40 days ago
ReactVue.jsAngularDistributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentAWSGCPKubernetesTerraformCI/CDRESTgRPCTaxLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- april is looking for an exceptional, driven, and technically visionary Staff Full-Stack Engineer to help shape the future of our platform and accelerate our mission to simplify taxes for everyone.
- If you're passionate about technical leadership, enjoy solving complex architectural challenges, and want to make a meaningful impact on millions of users, we'd love to have you join us.
- Participate in technical decision-making and knowledge sharing across multiple teams
Responsibilities
- Critical, cross-functional engineering initiatives from design to development and deployment, ensuring quality and scalability
- Collaborate with Product, UX, and other stakeholders to deliver seamless and data-driven experiences
- Proven experience designing and building distributed systems at scale in cloud-native environments (GCP or AWS)
- Fluency in system design and architecture - capable of balancing trade-offs between scalability, performance, and developer experience
- Passion for building high-impact, customer-facing products that are data-rich and intuitive
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience as a software engineer, including 2+ years as a senior, staff or principal-level role
- Deep expertise in backend technologies, including microservices, event-driven architectures, and REST/gRPC APIs
- Strong hands-on experience with modern front-end frameworks (React, Vue, Angular) and full-stack engineering practices
- Track record of shaping technical direction and elevating team capabilities
- ability to work cross-functionally and influence without authority
- Experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers in production environments
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
- In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
Skills
- Evaluate and introduce new tools, technologies, and practices that raise the bar for engineering excellence
This listing is sourced directly from April's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.