Shape the future of student transportation.

At BusRight, we’re replacing pen-and-paper logistics with real-time, intelligent routing software. Our platform powers live location tracking, ETA notifications, operational dashboards, and route optimization for schools, families, and drivers across the U.S.

We’re looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer - someone who can own both backend and frontend implementation, with a primary strength in backend systems. You’ll help define architecture, improve platform scalability, mentor engineers, and ship features end-to-end.

Role Overview

As a Senior Fullstack (Backend-Focused) Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping our engineering culture, development processes, and roadmap.

Joining our engineering team means:

• Building backend REST APIs to power BusRight client applications - Parent App, Driver App, Admin Portal, and more

• Migrating API services across a variety of technologies

• Designing architecture for scalable, maintainable backend services

• Modeling performant and scalable data structures on top of PostgreSQL

• Developing frontend modules using React.js

• Collaborating with a mature, interdisciplinary team of outstanding engineers

• Engaging directly with our user community

• Participating in brainstorming sessions, customer feedback forums, and product ideation

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of experience building production-grade web applications

• You’re highly proficient in TypeScript, Node.js, and SQL

• You have a strong understanding of SOLID principles and modular backend design

• You’ve designed and scaled REST APIs with performance and maintainability in mind

• You’ve worked with React or another modern frontend framework to build user-facing features

• You’ve deployed, monitored, and maintained backend services in cloud environments like GCP or AWS

• You’ve worked with relational databases (ideally PostgreSQL) and understand performance tuning, migrations, and schema design

• You’re comfortable taking ownership of projects — from design to deployment and beyond

• You mentor other engineers and contribute to growing team capabilities

• You proactively identify problems and opportunities, not just waiting for tickets

• You collaborate effectively across teams and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical peers

• You think critically, challenge assumptions, and make pragmatic technical decisions

• You adapt quickly to new information, shifting priorities, or feedback

• You care how your work connects to the broader product and company goals

• You embody our engineering values: learning from mistakes, collaboration, ownership, simplicity, and long-term thinking

• You embody our company values: Customer Advocacy, Build Without Walls and Fuel Others

You Get Extra Points For

• Experience deploying and managing services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• A strong understanding of loosely coupled architectures and their long-term benefits

• Familiarity with refactoring techniques to improve codebase structure and maintainability

• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and modern testing best practices

Tech Stack

• Backend: TypeScript, Node.js, Koa, Express, Kysely, PostgreSQL, Firebase Firestore (legacy), Redis, BullMQ, ElasticSearch, Jest

• Frontend: TypeScript, React, React Router, Vite, CSS Modules (SASS), TanStack (React Query, Table), Storybook, Vitest

• Infrastructure: Kubernetes (GCP), Nx Monorepo, Feature Flags

Benefits

• Competitive compensation: $120,000 – $215,000/year (negotiable based on experience and expertise)

• Meaningful equity

• $500/year learning & WFH budget

• Flexible PTO and working hours

• Remote-first work environment