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Lead Fullstack Engineer

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Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/26/2025
This is an exciting opportunity for a Lead Fullstack Engineer at Catio:

Catio is pioneering the world’s first AI-powered Copilot for Tech Architecture, enabling CTOs, architects, and developers to design high-impact architectures, modernize and refine tech stacks, and make smarter, faster decisions with AI-driven insights. Supported by top-tier venture capital firms and led by industry veterans in AI, cloud, and enterprise architecture, Catio’s mission is to democratize the expertise required to design, evaluate, and evolve cutting-edge tech stacks across industries globally.

The Role: Lead Fullstack Engineer

This role presents the opportunity to lead the development and continuous improvement of Catio’s user-facing platform. It is a hands-on, high-impact position where architectural decision-making, product development, and optimization will be key to delivering a scalable, high-performance user experience.

Significant ownership over the platform will be provided, with responsibilities spanning critical technical and architectural decisions. Collaboration with Catio’s leadership team, customers, and early adopters will be a key part of the role. Ideal candidates will be entrepreneurial, startup-minded engineers with deep expertise in fullstack development, SaaS architecture, and scalability—those who excel in 0→1 environments, embrace a polyglot approach, and are eager to build a groundbreaking product.

Responsibilities

Lead fullstack development – Architect and develop an enterprise SaaS application that is highly scalable, responsive, and optimized for performance.

Front-end engineering – Design and maintain a highly intuitive, responsive user interface that enhances user experience and product functionality.

Back-end development – Build and sustain a robust, scalable backend using modern cloud-native technologies and web frameworks.

Product execution – Work closely with leadership, product, and AI teams to define strategy, ship innovative AI and SaaS capabilities, and improve platform performance.

Engineering culture – Contribute to team-building, mentoring, and best practice implementation to foster an outstanding engineering environment.

Code quality and performance – Conduct code and design reviews, ensuring high standards and continuous improvement across development efforts.

Qualifications

4 years of experience in fullstack engineering, demonstrating rapid career growth at leading startups or tech companies.

Proven expertise in developing and scaling sophisticated SaaS platforms, with a preference for experience in enterprise SaaS.

Strong proficiency in modern fullstack technologies, including React, Next.js, GraphQL, and TypeScript, alongside backend systems using Node.js, Python, or similar.

Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, modern design patterns, and challenges faced by architects, particularly in AI-powered decision-making.

Exceptional problem-solving and debugging skills, with a commitment to performance, maintainability, and high-quality code.

A collaborative, high-trust personality capable of working cross-functionally while helping shape Catio’s culture.

Passion for building in 0→1 environments, thriving in fast-paced startup settings, and delivering impactful end-to-end solutions.

Why Join Catio?

This role offers direct ownership in shaping a high-growth, VC-backed startup while tackling complex technical challenges in AI-driven decision intelligence, scalable SaaS, and cloud architecture. It provides a fast trajectory for career growth, with meaningful equity and leadership opportunities as the company scales.

Be Part of the Future with Catio

Join a team of elite AI, engineering, and business leaders from Splunk, Atlassian, Dropbox, and beyond to build a category-defining platform. Catio provides highly competitive compensation for startups at this stage, including top-tier salaries and significant equity in a rapidly expanding company.

As a company dedicated to diversity and inclusion, Catio encourages applicants from all backgrounds and identities to apply.

Come be part of the team that is transforming how companies design and optimize their tech stacks with AI-driven intelligence!

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