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Senior Full Stack Engineer

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In-Office
Boston, MA, USA
120K-160K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
Boston, MA, USA
120K-160K Annually
Senior level
Design, build, and operate customer-facing features for a React+Vite portal and the AWS backend services that power it. Lead TypeScript migrations, optimize performance, create reusable design-system components, and maintain unit and BDD/e2e tests (Playwright/Cypress). Implement IoT communication (MQTT, WebSockets, AWS IoT Core), event-driven architectures (SQS, SNS, EventBridge), and CI/CD pipelines. Instrument services for observability and collaborate across product, design, firmware, and hardware teams.
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Owl Labs is looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to build customer-facing product experiences and the backend systems that support them. You’ll work across frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, and device-connected workflows, partnering cross-functionally to ship high-quality software in an evolving, fast-paced environment.

WHAT YOU'LL 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 improve CI/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.
 
 
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR: 
  • 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 doesn’t 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 of effective cross-functional collaboration, including refining requirements, giving constructive feedback, and representing engineering in roadmap discussions.
  • Ability to operate in evolving codebases and systems: you’re 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
$120,000$160,000 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.

Who We Are

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. We’re 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 who’s speaking, giving all participants a feeling as if they’re 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 magazine’s 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 Editor’s List.


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Boston, MA, United States, 2014

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