Lead the development of full-stack solutions, defining architecture, coding features, optimizing performance, and guiding incident responses.
What you’ll do
We’re looking for a Principal Full‑Stack Engineer - someone who builds things that matter and leads by example. You’ll write code, define architecture, and help shape our product and engineering culture.
Ready to make an impact? Here’s how you’ll contribute:
• Ship full-stack features - React frontends, backend APIs, data layers, infra scripts, etc.
• Review code, mentor engineers, and raise the bar across the team
• Lead architecture & technical standards without red tape
• Collaborate with product & design to deliver value fast
• Own complex initiatives end-to-end - we trust you to make decisions
• Optimize performance, scalability & reliability without endless meetings
• Troubleshoot production issues and guide incident response
The technical challenges
This isn't CRUD work. You'll be solving real problems:
• Designing and shipping secure integrations - ML prediction engines, LLMs, third-party APIs with strict auth and data handling
• Building high-performance UIs that stay fast under heavy data loads
• Creating dashboards that turn complex datasets into clear, actionable insights
• Scaling a multi-tenant SaaS platform - and shipping on-prem for enterprise customers who need it
• Working with security-sensitive data where mistakes aren't an option
Who you are
You're an engineer who:
• Has 8+ years of professional experience with excellent full-stack skills
• Brings 4+ years working with React (Next.js), Nest.js/Express, GraphQL, Docker, Postgres
• Understands system design and architecture - CQRS, event sourcing, distributed systems
• Builds scalable, secure, production-ready systems and takes ownership of them
• Communicates clearly in English, both written and verbal
• Enjoys working in high-trust, low-bs environments
Bonus points
• You've built real-time data visualizations or analytics dashboards (tailwind, d3, ag-grid)
• You've worked with behavioral data, event streams, or time-series analysis
• You've shipped ML-powered features to production
• You have DevOps/CI-CD chops
About Us
At Teramind, we're pioneering a predictive, AI-driven approach to safeguarding organizations' people, data, and operations. As a global leader in user behavior analytics, insider risk management, and workforce intelligence, we empower businesses to transform data into a strategic asset - delivering clear visibility, control, and proactive protection across digital environments.
We're open to hiring in just about every country in the world! Feel free to apply even if you don't live in the country listed in the job description.
Benefits
This is a remote job. Work from anywhere! We’ve been thriving as a fully-remote team since 2014. To us, remote work means flexibility and having truly diverse, global teams.
Additionally:
• Competitive compensation
• Flexible paid time off
• Laptop reimbursement
• Ongoing training, development, and career growth opportunities
• We use an open stack of technologies, so you have the chance to learn and evolve
• High complexity of problems to solve, with active feature development - not just bugs & refactoring
• Collaboration with a forward-thinking team where new ideas come to life, experience is valued, and talent is incubated. You can make an impact quickly.
About our recruitment process
We don’t expect a perfect fit for every requirement we’ve outlined. If you can see yourself contributing to the team, we want to hear your story. You can expect up to 3 interviews, including a live coding component. In some scenarios, we’re able to streamline the process to have minimal rounds. Director-level roles and above should expect a more thorough process, with multiple rounds of interviews.
All roles require reference and background checks
Teramind is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, religion, color, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
Top Skills
Cqrs
CSS
Docker
Event Sourcing
GraphQL
HTML
JavaScript
Node.js
Postgres
React
Typescript
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