Staff Engineer, Platform Engineering

This is not a role where you pick up tickets and ship features. You will be expected to think end-to-end: to understand the business problem, design the system, make the trade-offs, and deliver production-grade software that performs reliably under heavy load.

You will work directly with senior stakeholders across technical and non-technical functions, often navigating competing priorities, ambiguity, and high-pressure timelines.

The ability to communicate clearly, manage complexity across people and systems, and maintain a high quality bar when things get difficult is essential.

If you have built and shipped systems that mattered - at a startup, at a large company, or somewhere in between - and you are looking for a role where you will be challenged technically while also growing your ability to operate in complex, high-stakes environments, we want to hear from you.

What You Will Do

Frontend Architecture

• Build scalable Front End platforms using React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Design modern UI architectures: server-side rendering, component-driven design, performance optimization, and state management patterns.
• Develop reusable component systems and scalable Front End frameworks.

Backend Engineering

• Build Back End services using Node.js and NestJS.
• Design and implement REST APIs, microservices, asynchronous workflows, and high-performance data processing systems.
• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases using TypeORM, and optimize for throughput and reliability.

Event-Driven & Distributed Systems

• Design distributed systems built on event-driven architecture using Kafka, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and messaging/queue systems.
• Build services that process high-volume financial events and Real Time trading data.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Deploy and operate systems on Microsoft Azure, including Azure App Services, Azure Data Fabric, messaging platforms, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and Linux environments.
• Design infrastructure that supports resilient, scalable distributed systems.

• You have designed and operated event-driven distributed systems that process high-volume Real Time data.
• You have a deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, and time complexity - and you apply that understanding to build systems, not just pass interviews.
• You have built full-stack platforms using React/Next.js and Node.js/NestJS that run reliably in production.
• You have hands-on experience with message queues, streaming platforms, and asynchronous workflows - Kafka, Azure Service Bus, BullMQ, or similar.
• You reason clearly about system trade-offs: latency vs. throughput, consistency vs. availability, speed vs. reliability.
• You have operated systems in cloud environments like Microsoft Azure, including debugging production incidents and improving performance under pressure.
• You design systems end-to-end and take ownership of architecture and production outcomes - not just the code you wrote.
• You have mentored other engineers and contributed to architecture reviews, engineering standards, and technical decision-making.
• You communicate well under pressure. You can hold your ground in a room full of stakeholders, explain a technical decision to a non-technical audience, and navigate situations where the right path forward is not obvious.

Technology Ecosystem

Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, TailwindCSS, HTML5, CSS3

Backend: Node.js, NestJS, REST APIs, Microservices, BullMQ, TypeORM

Event-Driven: Kafka, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid

Infrastructure: Microsoft Azure, Azure Data Fabric, Docker, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, Linux

Jersey City, NJ - $75 - $85/hour Contract Posted by: Intellibus Posted: Thursday, 29 October 2026

Intellibus designs and engineers platforms trusted by some of the most established FinTech and financial trading firms in the world. Our engineering teams build systems that power high-volume trading, Real Time financial data, and mission-critical infrastructure.

We expect our engineers to operate at a level where technical depth, sound judgment, and clear communication all carry weight - the problems are complex, the systems are production-critical, and the people you work with will hold you to a high standard.