Fullstack Engineer (Frontend Heavy)

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 Fullstack Eengineer - someone who can own both frontend and backend implementation, with a primary strength in frontend architecture and user experience. You’ll help improve performance, define modular UI systems, and ship fullstack features end-to-end.

Role Overview

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

Joining our engineering team means:

• Designing and building performant UIs for data-heavy, real-time features such as maps, live dashboards, and large tables

• Developing frontend modules using React, TanStack tools (React Query, Table), and CSS Modules

• Owning fullstack features end-to-end, including backend APIs in Node.js where needed

• Collaborating within a monorepo (Nx) to share code across frontend and backend boundaries

• Continuously improving UI rendering performance, DX, and maintainability

• Working closely with product, design, and engineering teams to create intuitive, reliable user experiences

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

Requirements

• You have 3+ years of experience building production-grade web applications

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

• You understand SOLID principles and apply clean coding practices

• You’ve built and consumed REST APIs for real-world applications

• You’ve worked with React or another modern frontend framework

• You’ve deployed applications to cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS

• You’ve used relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL) and are familiar with writing queries, designing schemas, and handling migrations

• You take responsibility for your work from implementation to delivery

• You collaborate well in a team environment and communicate clearly

• You write clean, maintainable, and tested code

• You’re willing to ask questions, give feedback, and improve your craft

• You adapt quickly to new requirements, technologies, or feedback

• 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 services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Understanding the importance of loosely coupled architecture

• Familiarity with refactoring techniques to improve code maintainability

• Experience with TDD or writing different types of automated tests

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: $75,000 – $140,000/year (based on experience and expertise)

• Meaningful equity

• $500/year learning & WFH budget

• Flexible PTO and working hours

• Remote-first work environment