Full Stack Software Engineer (Node.js)

About Brkthru:

Brkthru was founded with a client-centric philosophy in an industry where service is often overlooked. Our mission is to be the preferred partner of local advertisers and agencies, creating and managing successful paid digital media campaigns for local, state, regional and national brands in nearly every B2C and B2B vertical and industry. Our campaigns reach customers on digital devices such as smartphones, tablets, computers and digital TV.

We are guided by our core values and we center them in the hiring process and our workday to build teams that exemplify Positive Attitude, Caring, Contribution, Communication, and Trust.

Why Brkthru?

Brkthru is the leading digital media solutions provider to mid-market agencies and brands. Our trading works in 20+ different digital media platforms, but our client-first philosophy sets us apart, consistently earning us a 90% client satisfaction rating, and equally impressive client retention is proof. We are growing quickly, ranking for the fifth year in-a-row to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.

The Opportunity

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building production software from front to back. You'll spend your time developing new features, maintaining existing systems, designing APIs, solving complex engineering problems, and partnering closely with teammates to deliver reliable software.

In the near term, you'll help ensure a smooth transition of ownership for BRAVO while learning the platform from our current engineer. Longer term, you'll help modernize the platform and contribute to Brkthru's broader investments in automation, AI, and internal tooling.

Responsibilities:

Application Development

• Design, build, test, and deploy production features across the BRAVO platform.
• Develop full-stack applications spanning React, Node.js, APIs, and PostgreSQL.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Debug production issues and improve system reliability.

Platform Ownership

• Become a primary technical owner of BRAVO.
• Improve platform performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Identify technical debt and recommend architectural improvements.
• Contribute to long-term platform modernization.

Engineering Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions.
• Help maintain development standards and engineering best practices.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Build and maintain services hosted within AWS.
• Work with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and deployment automation.
• Monitor application health and production environments.

Experience

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Experience building React applications.
• Strong SQL and PostgreSQL skills.
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs.
• Experience working in AWS cloud environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows.
• Comfortable debugging production applications.

Tech Stack:

• Frontend: React 19, TypeScript, Vite, TanStack Query, Zustand, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express, Bun, TRPC, Database, PostgreSQL
• Infrastructure: AWS (ECS, RDS, S3, CloudFront), Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions
• Testing: Jest, Playwright

Project & Collaboration Skills

• Experience managing technical work within Jira or similar tools
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with minimal oversight
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Travel/Onsite Requirements:

• Brkthru operates as a remote-first company with occasional mandatory travel for training and offsites, provided with advance notice. We uphold the expectation that all team members maintain a dedicated and reliable workspace, free from distractions, to ensure optimal productivity.
• This role requires travel 2-3 times per year for our offsites. Travel instances are typically 3-5 days at a time.

Benefits

• This is a full-time, exempt position
• Medical/ Dental/ Vision/ HSA and FSA/ Long Term Disability/ Life and AD&D/ and more…
• Company paid Short Term Disability
• 401k Retirement plan with company match
• Pizza Fridays and Hub Hangouts
• Reimbursement of Home Office Expenses
• A generous number of Holidays, PTO, and summer Fridays

Brkthru Hiring and AI Usage

Brkthru welcomes candidates to use AI tools for proofreading or strengthening their resume, but submitting AI-generated cover letters, resumes, or work samples that do not accurately represent a candidate’s skills will be considered a red flag. The use of AI-powered 'whispering bots' or real-time answer-generation apps during live interviews is strictly prohibited.

All candidate applications are reviewed by a human. Brkthru may use artificial intelligence (AI) or automated tools to assist in the evaluation of applications, assessment scoring, and interview analysis or notetaking; however, all hiring decisions are made by people.

Brkthru EEO Statement

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related conditions), national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, age, family status, marital status, veteran or military status, the presence of a medical condition or physical or mental disability, height, weight, misdemeanor arrest record, genetic information, citizenship, hair (including texture or protective hairstyle), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law, and encourage all applicants to apply.