Senior MERN Engineer (Backend Focused)

About the role

Edge is an AI-native healthcare staffing company that helps healthcare, dental, insurance and accounting organisations source, hire and manage talent. It is looking for a Lead / Senior Fullstack Engineer with strong Node.js and React expertise to join its growing engineering team. You will architect, build and scale the core platform behind global employment solutions, lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers and work closely with product and design teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable fullstack applications using Node.js, React and related technologies.
• Lead end-to-end technical development from architecture design to deployment.
• Collaborate with product, design and data teams to deliver innovative features.
• Apply best practices in coding, testing, performance and security.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical roadmap planning.
• Take part in code reviews and improve code quality and maintainability.
• Work in an agile environment, taking part in sprint planning, estimations and retrospectives.

Required profile

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Fullstack Engineer.
• Proven experience leading or mentoring engineering teams is a plus.

Required skills

• Strong proficiency in Node.js, React.js, TypeScript and JavaScript (ES6+).
• RESTful APIs, GraphQL and microservices architecture.
• SQL and NoSQL databases.
• AWS, GCP or Azure.
• CI/CD pipelines, Docker and modern DevOps practices.
• Preferred: SaaS or HR-tech products, AI-driven or automation systems, and knowledge of global workforce and HR compliance systems.