Senior Full Stack Engineer
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
This is a six-month contract role with the possibility of being brought on full time at the end of the contract.
Position Overview
iMentor seeks a Senior Full Stack Engineer with key focus on back-end application development and DevOps infrastructure to design build and optimize scalable solutions across our ecosystem.
This role combines high-level software engineering (MERN stack) with cloud infrastructure design (AWS ECS Fargate Lambda queries CloudFront) to deliver enterprise-grade features and maintain secure high-performing systems. The engineer will report to iMentors Senior Director ofEngineering and collaborate with Product and Design have the opportunity to shape the evolution of a national platform serving 8000 students and mentors.
About the Platform
The iMentor proprietary platform powers a dynamic ecosystem that includes volunteer intake learning spaces intelligent automation and integrations with internal services. The Senior Engineer will drive innovation in system architecture lead performance optimization efforts and ensure high availability and security across all environments.
Responsibilities
- Design build and maintain complex back-end features using and Express integrating with MongoDB Atlas and other data services.
- Develop secure and scalable APIs to support web and mobile applications.
- Ensure code quality through automated testing peer reviews and adherence to best practices.
- Implement caching query optimization and performance improvements at the application level.
- Mentor junior staff with patience and curiosity helping others grow
- Play a key role in architectural decisions collaborate closely to translate needs into technical solutions andproactivelyidentify and communicate tradeoffs and risks.
- Refactor legacy code for improved performance maintainability and scalability.
- Manage and optimize AWS environments including ECS Fargate Lambda queries and CloudFront.
- Oversee CI/CD pipelines containerized deployments (Docker) and infrastructure automation.
- Monitor application health and performance using New Relic or CloudWatch; respond to production incidents with steadiness efficiency and clear thinking.
- Champion best practices for cloud security compliance and cost management.
- Lead DevOps improvements such as blue/green deployments auto-scaling and resilience strategies.
- Value inclusive collaboration as much as technical excellence.
Qualifications
- 7 years of professional engineering experience including 3 years in a senior or lead role.
- Strong expertise in MERN stack (MongoDB Express ) with a focus on back-end development.
- Experience designing and maintaining secure high-performance APIs for production systems.
- Strong knowledge of AWS services (ECS Fargate Lambda CouldFront) and DevOps best practices.
- Proficiency with containerization (Docker) orchestration and CI/CD automation.
- Linux administration and scripting skills (Bash or equivalent).
- Familiarity with secure handling of PII and compliance standards.
- AWS Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer certification preferred.
Bonus skills
- Experience with Python for automation or API scripting.
- Familiarity with machine learning/AI frameworks.
- Knowledge of Redshift or other analytical database systems.
Compensation and Logistics
- Salary:$160000/year prorated based on the duration of employment.
- Contract Term:Six-month contract with the possibility of extension or conversion to a permanent role
- Up to 100% employer-funded comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Employee-paid vision plan offered
- Vacation accrual based on 18 days annually paid holidays your birthday one floating holiday Holiday closure between Christmas Eve and New Years Day plus paid Sick days accrual
- 401K match up to 4%
- Flexible Home/Office/School working arrangement
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Dependent day care and healthcare flexible spending plans
- 1 hour of wellness time off per week for wellness activities of your choosing
- Flexible personnel wellness budget for reimbursements or marketplace purchases
- Work Location:Hybrid; candidates within a commutable distance to NYC are preferred. Alignment with iMentors work location policy is required.
- Work Schedule:Flexibility to collaborate across multiple time zones including with offshore teams in Eastern Europe is necessary.
- We welcome applicants from non-traditional engineering backgrounds.
$160000 - $160000 a year
About iMentor
iMentor believes that all students deserve an equitable chance to pursue their ambitions. Our program builds authentic mentoring relationships in order to bring greater equity to our students educational journeys. Through these long-term relationships first-generation students of color from underserved communities increase their access to the knowledge experiences and resources required to succeed in college or their post-secondary pathway of choice and to pursue their career ambitions.
By partnering with public schools serving primarily first-generation college students and providing every student in the school with a mentor iMentor supports students post-secondary journeys with a level of depth and personalization that cannot be matched by traditional advising models. iMentors students are 37% more likely to enroll in college and are graduating college at double the rates of their peers.
iMentors Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion
We believe that people of all backgrounds deserve equal access to educational opportunities. Recognizing that our countrys history of racism and systemic oppression continues to drive educational disparities for students of color we give special focus to addressing the economic and racial divides that impact the communities we serve. We are committed to the collective work and intentional investment necessary to consistently move in the direction of educational equity and inclusion. Learn more at .
How to Apply
Visit to submit a resume describing your interest in and qualifications for this position as well as a sample of something youve built (please submit a public Github URI or portfolio link with snippets on your contribution to the project).Applications will be considered on a rolling basis so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
iMentor is an Equal Opportunity Employer
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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- Bid Management
- Inventory Management
- Embedded C
About Company
iMentor matches every student in our partner high schools with a college-educated mentor—a personal champion to help them on their college journey.
