Senior Full Stack Engineer
Job Location:
Boston, MA - USA
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Job Summary
WHAT YOULL DO:
- Build and ship customer-facing features across the Owl Labs customer portal a React Vite SPA used daily by customers to manage their devices.
- Drive and contribute to active codebase migrations (i.e. JavaScript TypeScript) to improve reliability safety and long-term maintainability.
- Own performance work: identify and fix bottlenecks through virtualization memoization code splitting and bundle optimization.
- Work within and occasionally extend our shared design system contributing reusable components and UX improvements.
- Write unit tests as a standard part of every change and contribute to our Playwright e2e suite to keep the portal stable as it evolves.
- Design build and operate backend services on AWS (Lambda ECS API Gateway S3 IAM) that power the customer portal and device management workflows.
- Model and query data across PostgreSQL and DynamoDB choosing the right store for the job and optimizing indexes access patterns and query performance.
- Implement IoT communication flows using MQTT and WebSockets integrating with AWS IoT Core and other messaging services to manage fleets of connected devices.
- Build decoupled event-driven systems using queues and event buses (SQS SNS EventBridge) to keep the platform scalable and resilient under load.
- Ship and iterate on RESTful APIs and WebSocket endpoints consumed by frontends and edge devices with careful attention to versioning latency and reliability.
- Instrument services with logging metrics and tracing (CloudWatch X-Ray Honeycomb or equivalents) to quickly debug and triage production issues.
- Use feature flags to release changes safely run experiments and coordinate complex migrations across frontend and backend surfaces.
- Define and maintain BDD/E2E test suites (Playwright Cypress) that validate behavior end-to-end across web APIs and device interactions.
- Own and improveCI/CD pipelines (e.g. Bitbucket) so deployments are predictable repeatable and easy to roll back when needed.
- Proactively leverage AI tools (e.g. Claude Codex) to accelerate development automate repetitive tasks and keep documentation tests and infra configuration up to date.
- Collaborate with product design and hardware/firmware teams contributing technical insight into roadmap discussions for SaaS and IoT features.
- BS/MS in Computer Science Engineering et al. or a great portfolio of web-based applications.
- Strong learning and growth mindset you are continuously sharpening your skills across the stack (frontend backend cloud IoT) and stay curious about new approaches.
- Willingness to take on hard ambiguous challenges break them down into tractable pieces and lead others through uncertainty
- Resilience and comfort with failure you experiment learn quickly from what doesnt work and turn those lessons into better designs and systems.
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality features and platform improvements under aggressive schedules while maintaining sound engineering judgment.
- Strong ownership mindset you take responsibility for outcomes across the stack from UX and APIs to data models and infrastructure and you close loops without being asked.
- Clear structured communication skills you can explain tradeoffs to product and design collaborate with firmware and hardware teams and keep stakeholders aligned as plans evolve.
- Track record ofeffective cross-functional collaboration including refining requirements giving constructive feedback and representing engineering in roadmap discussions.
- Ability tooperate in evolving codebases and systems: youre comfortable when migrations new features and reliability work are all happening at once.
- Bias toward action you move work forward unblock others and make pragmatic decisions with incomplete information while still raising quality over time.
- Strong mentoring instincts you help other engineers grow by sharing context reviewing designs and code thoughtfully and modeling calm under pressure.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive medical dental and vision benefits.
- Unlimited PTO
- Generous Parental Leave
- Work From Home Stipend
- Commuter Benefit
- Flexible Work
- Paid Holidays
- Equity
Owl Labs is a hybrid company we are over 40% remote and our headquarters is based in Boston MA.
Salary Range
$120000 - $160000 USD
Owl Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to our values of embracing inclusivity and creating a culture where everyone feels respected and connected no matter the location of their work environment. We invite applications from people of all walks of life and are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need accommodations due to a disability please let us know.
Owl Labs is a collaborative tech company creating an equalized meeting and learning experience for all wherever participants may be. Powering hybrid teams and remote work is in our DNA. Owl Labs has been a leader when it comes to celebrating and connecting hybrid teams and classrooms -- meaning both in-office and remote workers in-room students and at-home learning. Were best known for the Meeting Owl product line a smart 360 camera mic speaker all-in-one solution. Sitting in the center of the table the Meeting Owl uses vision and voice recognition to shift the camera to focus on whos speaking giving all participants a feeling as if theyre in the same room. With the continued rise of hybrid teams and remote workers our products allow for better collaboration and productivity no matter your location.
Our award-winning product the Meeting Owl Pro was named one of TIME magazines 100 Best Inventions of 2020 and has been recognized by CES Innovation Awards 2020 Red Dot Design Awards 2020 SXSW Innovation Awards 2020. Our team was recognized as an Inc. Best Workplaces 2020 and 2021 and named on the esteemed Inc.s Editors List.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Discover Owl Labs, the leader in hybrid work tech. 360-degree video conferencing with crystal clear audio and video for remote meetings that feel in-person.
