Principal Full Stack Node.JS Developer

Motion Recruitment
Los Angeles, CA, United States
28 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

JavaScript (Programming Language) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Application Performance Management Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems Microsoft Azure Decision Support Systems Distributed Systems Node.Js Performance Tuning Software Engineering Systems Architecture
+8 more
Systems Integration TypeScript Cloud Platform System ReactJS Large Language Models Multi-Agent Systems Api Design Microservices

Job description

  • Design, architect, build, and support highly scalable full stack applications using Node.js and React (40%)
  • Lead the development and integration of AI-enabled features into both internal systems and customer-facing platforms (20%)
  • Create, enhance, and maintain robust backend APIs and microservices to power logistics and supply chain solutions (15%)
  • Set the technical vision, advance system architecture, and optimize application performance and cloud-based infrastructure (10%)
  • Drive seamless integration of third-party services, internal platforms, and external data sources (10%)
  • Mentor senior engineers and engage with executive stakeholders to drive technical standards and best practices (5%)

Requirements

  • 10+ years in software engineering with a track record of increasing technical leadership responsibility.
  • Previous experience as a Principal Engineer, Founding Engineer, Staff+ Engineer, Engineering Lead, or technical executive.
  • Demonstrated ownership of large-scale products from design through production and growth.

Technical Expertise

  • Deep hands-on expertise in:
  • Node.js
  • React
  • Modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems
  • Strong background in:
  • API architecture and design
  • Distributed systems
  • Microservices
  • Cloud-native platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Reliability, scalability, observability, and performance optimization

AI Experience

  • Direct experience building and deploying AI-powered products or platforms.
  • Proven ability to translate AI capabilities into measurable business outcomes such as:
  • Revenue growth
  • Operational efficiency
  • Customer adoption
  • Automation improvements
  • Experience integrating LLMs, agent frameworks, vector databases, AI orchestration, or ML-powered workflows is highly valuable.

Business & Leadership

  • Comfortable partnering with executive leadership and influencing company-level technical strategy.
  • Strong communicator able to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experienced mentor who can raise engineering standards and develop senior talent.
  • Demonstrates strong ownership, sound judgment, and data-driven decision making., + Logistics
  • Supply chain
  • Transportation
  • Warehousing
  • Understanding of operational workflows, fulfillment networks, carrier integrations, inventory systems, or warehouse automation would be a major advantage.

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance, Competitive base salary, bonus and/or equity opportunities Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits Opportunity to shape and build AI-powered solutions transforming logistics and supply chain operations Direct executive visibility, technical ownership, and leadership growth in a collaborative engineering culture Flexible hybrid or onsite work model depending on location and team requirements

About the company

We are partnered with a high-growth logistics and supply chain technology organization that is leveraging AI-driven solutions to transform and optimize complex operational processes. Their platform blends advanced software, automation, and artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency across logistics, warehousing, and transportation operations. The engineering team operates in a collaborative, fast-moving environment where technical leaders have a high level of ownership and the ability to partner directly with executives and key business stakeholders to drive innovation.

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