Staff Engineer

Unqork empowers enterprises to accelerate growth by rapidly building, testing, and running applications that are designed to be AI-native. Trusted by the world’s largest organizations in highly regulated industries, these applications become more secure over time while significantly reducing technical debt—allowing businesses to focus on innovation rather than maintenance. Unqork’s customers include Goldman Sachs, Marsh, BlackRock, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

At Unqork, we value inclusive and innovative thinkers who boldly challenge the status quo. We encourage you to apply! 

The Impact U will make:

• Report to our Principal Architect on the Runtime team
• Design and implement complex system functionality underpinning the core of our platform and client applications
• Review other engineer’s code and provide helpful feedback to ensure everything we deliver is of the highest quality
• Coordinate across teams within the company to ensure our platform is delivering value to clients in terms of functionality, stability, and performance

What U bring:

• 7-10 years of experience building enterprise grade applications with a strong focus on backend architecture and systems design
• Proven track record of designing and implementing complex interconnected systems while maintaining reliability and observability
• Initiative to take business and client requests and turn them into fully architected technical solutions
• 7-10 years of proven experience in:
• Typescript/Javascript
• Node.JS
• Data and Information Architecture Design
• Cloud Infrastructure
• NoSQL Database experience is a plus, but not required
• An AI-forward mindset: You are an avid user of AI tools and are passionate about exploring how AI can automate workflows, enhance creativity, and increase your personal impact.

Compensation, Benefits, & Perks

💻 Work from home with a remote-first community

🏝 Unlimited PTO (and the encouragement to use it)

📝 Student loan payback program

🏥 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision options available to you and your dependents

💸 Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

🏠 Monthly stipend toward your WFH setup, vacation, development and more

💰 Employer-sponsored 401(k) with contribution match

🏋🏻‍♀️ Subsidized ClassPass Membership

🍼 Generous Paid Parental Leave 

💲 Hiring Ranges:

• Tier 1:  $171,500 -  $214,400
• Tier 2-  $159,700- $199,700

Unqork employs a market-driven approach to establish compensation ranges. In addition to a base salary, employees may also be eligible to receive a target incentive and company equity in the form of stock options.

An employee’s compensation within the range provided above depends on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, their location, role, skillset, level of experience, and similar peer salaries. As a remote-first company, Unqork incorporates a geographic differential into our compensation structure, depending on the candidate’s location. We utilize a tiered system—Tier 1 and Tier 2—to accurately reflect local market rates and ensure our compensation packages are both fair and competitive.

Our geographic tiers are defined as follows:

• Tier 1: New York Metro, Seattle Metro, San Francisco Bay Area 
• Tier 2: All other US and US territory locations 

Unqork embraces a culture of security and privacy awareness by consistently safeguarding sensitive information, adhering to company policies, and actively participating in training and initiatives to protect our data and the privacy of our stakeholders. 

Unqork is an equal opportunity employer. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age. 

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