Fullstack Software Engineer
Job description
The Role
We're looking for Full-Stack Software Engineers who are passionate about building high-quality products that solve meaningful customer problems.As a Full-Stack Software Engineer at Forage, you'll build products end-to-end—across our frontend experiences, backend services, APIs, data models, and cloud infrastructure. You'll have the opportunity to own features from initial concept through production, working across the stack to create intuitive customer experiences backed by reliable, scalable systems.You'll partner closely with Product, Design, Solutions Engineering, and fellow engineers to shape requirements, make technical decisions, implement and test solutions, deploy to production, and iterate based on customer needs and feedback.Our stack includes Python, Django, TypeScript, React, React Native, and AWS, and we're looking for engineers who are comfortable moving between frontend and backend development rather than operating exclusively in one area.We hire engineers across multiple levels, from mid-level individual contributors to senior and staff-level technical leaders. The exact level will be determined through our interview process based on experience, technical expertise, scope of ownership, and demonstrated impact.What You'll Do
Design, build, test, and ship full-stack product features across frontend applications and backend systems.Build intuitive, responsive user experiences using React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.- Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, and business logic using Python and Django.
- Design APIs and data models that support scalable, reliable product experiences.
- Own features throughout the entire software development lifecycle—from technical design and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
- Collaborate with Product and Design to translate customer and business needs into thoughtful technical solutions.
- Work with Solutions Engineering and other customer-facing teams to understand real-world use cases and solve complex integration challenges.
- Contribute to system architecture and technical decisions as Forage's products and platform scale.
- Write well-tested, maintainable code and participate in code reviews and engineering best practices.
- Debug and resolve issues across the stack, including frontend applications, backend services, APIs, infrastructure, and third-party integrations.
- Help improve our engineering practices, developer experience, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and overall system reliability.
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.4+ years of professional software engineering experience.Experience building and shipping production full-stack applications, with meaningful contributions to both frontend and backend systems.Strong proficiency in at least one modern backend language or framework and one modern frontend framework.Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and working with relational data models.Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including system design, testing, debugging, performance, and maintainability.- Experience working with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS.
- Ability to independently take a feature or technical problem from definition through production.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced environment where engineers collaborate across traditional frontend and backend boundaries.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, design, and business teams.
- Passion for building reliable products and exceptional customer experiences.
Preferred Technical Experience
Experience with some or all of the following:- Backend: Python, Django, REST APIs
- Frontend: TypeScript, React, HTML/CSS
- Mobile: React Native
- Infrastructure: AWS, cloud-native architectures
- Systems: Distributed systems, asynchronous processing, scalable APIs
- Data: Relational databases, data modeling, query optimization
- Engineering Practices: Automated testing, CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and modern development workflows
Our Offer
This role is Hybrid in New York or San Francisco, we will consider remote within North America on a case-by-case basis. We define hybrid as 2-3 days in office.Your base salary would fall within the bands below. Please keep in mind that the equity portion of your offer is not included in these numbers and represents a significant part of your total compensation.- Expected salary range: $145k-$195k USD base salary, plus equity and benefits. Depending on Experience
- Meaningful work that makes a positive impact on our society.
- 100% of Medical, Dental and Vision premium coverage for yourself and dependents.
- Enjoy regular team lunches at our New York or San Francisco offices, fostering collaboration and connection over great food.
- A fun and caring environment that prioritizes transparency, growth, and ownership.
- A talented, high-achieving, and humble team with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints.
Skills mentioned

Forage is a mission-driven payments company helping merchants accept EBT/SNAP payments online and enabling 42 million Americans to spend their food benefits on the internet. We are a remote-first company, with team members spread across North America. Our Values Mission-first: We optimize for the collective good and strive to improve the lives of as many people as possible. We build with dignity and consider the impact of our actions and decisions. We believe deeply in our mission and have a strong sense of duty to succeed on behalf of our customers. Act like an owner: We are all owners of Forage. We are biased towards action and accountability. We seek out problems and we solve them. We finish what we start and no task is beneath us. We take incremental steps to make Forage better tomorrow than it is today. We Forage Together: We value collaboration, diversity of background and thought, humility, and ideas over hierarchy. We celebrate others, admit our mistakes, assume positive intent, and invest in our people so that we can be our true selves and do our best work. “If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together” - African Proverb. And we're just getting started: We are dedicated to building for the long-term. We fundamentally believe that our work has only just begun and that our most important work has yet to be done.
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