WHO WE ARE

We are a fast-growing Series A startup building cutting-edge technology to revolutionize cloud development processes and support highly efficient dev&test feedback loops. We’ve closed our last $25mil round in Q4 2024, led by Notable Capital, CRV and Heavybit.
At its core, LocalStack provides a high-fidelity emulator and local cloud development platform. Imagine developing cloud applications and data pipelines entirely on your local machine within a lightweight cloud sandbox, running in Docker!
Our mission is to empower developers to rapidly build and test their cloud applications, allowing for a more enjoyable dev experience, and saving valuable time and resources.
LocalStack has a large and active open-source community (57k+ stars on GitHub) with over 100k active users worldwide and 290M+ downloads to date. Our customer base ranges from SMBs to Global Fortune 500 companies.
We are sustainably growing our globally distributed team across sectors
LocalStack is headquartered in Zurich/Switzerland , with a main engineering office in Vienna/Austria and remote team members from the US, FR, UK, CA, ES, and many more countries.
Check our Notion Candidate Handbook and our GitHub!
As a senior full-stack engineer at LocalStack, you will lead end-to-end development of impactful features, shaping a seamless and scalable developer experience across our cloud platform. Through technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and a passion for innovation, you’ll drive architectural excellence while mentoring others and continuously enhancing the LocalStack product.

REQUIREMENTS

✅ What you will be working on/responsible for

• Leading and owning complex technical projects from conception through to execution and monitoring.
• Translating ambiguous or vague problem spaces into clear, actionable technical plans and deliverables.
• Building and improving cloud infrastructure tooling, ensuring stability and scalability in production environments.
• Writing clean, scalable code in Python and React (preferably TypeScript), contributing to both backend and frontend components.
• Debugging and resolving production issues within cloud environments, with a focus on reliability and performance.
• Mentoring and guiding mid-level engineers, helping to drive adoption of best practices and high engineering standards.
• Contributing innovative ideas to improve LocalStack’s product and enhance the developer experience.

✅ Experience we expect you to bring to the role

• Proven track record of running, debugging, and resolving issues in production cloud environments.
• Strong experience owning and delivering end-to-end complex technical projects.
• Proficiency in Python and React (TypeScript preferred).
• Solid understanding of backend systems, cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), and frontend development.
• Demonstrated ability to disambiguate complex or unclear problem areas and turn them into concrete plans.
• Experience mentoring engineers and shaping engineering best practices.
• Familiarity with fast-paced, startup environments and unstructured workflows.Bonus: Background in developer tooling or helping teams adopt CI/CD and cloud best practices.
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✅ What you will be working on/responsible for

• Leading and owning complex technical projects from conception through to execution and monitoring.
• Translating ambiguous or vague problem spaces into clear, actionable technical plans and deliverables.
• Building and improving cloud infrastructure tooling, ensuring stability and scalability in production environments.
• Writing clean, scalable code in Python and React (preferably TypeScript), contributing to both backend and frontend components.
• Debugging and resolving production issues within cloud environments, with a focus on reliability and performance.
• Mentoring and guiding mid-level engineers, helping to drive adoption of best practices and high engineering standards.
• Contributing innovative ideas to improve LocalStack’s product and enhance the developer experience

✅ Experience we expect you to bring to the role

• Proven track record of running, debugging, and resolving issues in production cloud environments.
• Strong experience owning and delivering end-to-end complex technical projects.
• Proficiency in Python and React (TypeScript preferred).
• Solid understanding of backend systems, cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), and frontend development.
• Demonstrated ability to disambiguate complex or unclear problem areas and turn them into concrete plans.
• Experience mentoring engineers and shaping engineering best practices.
• Familiarity with fast-paced, startup environments and unstructured workflows.Bonus: Background in developer tooling or helping teams adopt CI/CD and cloud best practices.
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