Job Description
About This Opportunity: As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will utilize your advanced professional expertise and experience to enhance and maintain the software products developed by Orion. You will operate as an AI-native engineer, having fully integrated AI tools and workflows into how you think, build, and ship — treating AI as a core force multiplier rather than an optional add-on. As we continue to evolve and live our Orion values, we are looking for someone to grow with us. For External Candidates: Candidates must work in-office at one of the following locations for at least 3 days per week: Omaha, NE; Lehi, UT. In This Role, You’ll Get To: Champion a culture of continuous learning and growth within the team, modeling curiosity and adaptability in the face of new challenges and technologies Develop and maintain high impact product features Create and design solutions for new features, subsystems, modules, systems or platforms that may be specific or cross-cutting in nature Guide fellow team members in the code review process Guide and provide clarity for fellow team members in delivering quality solutions Ensure application quality by testing integrated features as well as writing test automation where appropriate Ensure application safety by following secure coding best practices Troubleshoot, diagnose, and fix product defects Maintains a deep and intrinsic understanding of business use cases and objectives Actively maintain a self-paced learning regimen to feed professional curiosity, with particular attention to the rapidly evolving AI tooling and capabilities landscape Leverage AI tools and workflows throughout the development process — from ideation and architecture exploration to coding, debugging, testing, and code review — to accelerate delivery and improve quality Evaluate and introduce emerging AI-powered tools and practices to the team, helping establish shared standards for effective AI-assisted development Utilize source control to effectively manage delivery of work Understand and operate the full lifecycle of the software platform, from coding to delivery and observation in production Learn and adhere to team and company processes, standards, and procedures Actively develop and maintain working relationships with team and department members Participate in the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Maintain and nurture an opportunistic mindset — proactively identifying ways to improve processes, tools, and outcomes rather than waiting for direction Move fast while maintaining the company's integrity and position in the marketplace Leads from the front lines in helping team to keep consistently delivering We’re Looking For Talent Who: Has deep knowledge of modern JavaScript or TypeScript using NodeJS. Strong experience in C#, .NET, distributed programming, and building scalable enterprise applications. Expertise with Entity Framework/EF Core and relational database design. Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services for building and deploying modern applications. Solid understanding of enterprise architecture and system design best practices. Working knowledge of Angular and AngularJS for UI development and integration. Has deep knowledge of the NodeJS ecosystem, including community idioms, popular packages, design patterns, documentation, internal workings and quirks Understands React and related front-end libraries to create rich user experiences, keeping an eye on the changing ecosystem for opportunities and challenges Has a working understanding of the web platform, and a strong understanding of the capabilities of web browsers and their role in relation to back-end software Has knowledge of token-based AuthZ systems like OpenID-Connect and OAuth2 Has knowledge of the role of cryptography and certificates in modern application development Has knowledge of the workings of computer networking, the OSI model, and the domain name system Has an understanding of how to use CSS to style the front-end, including upcoming features and their adoption Has knowledge of troubleshooting and debugging in all applicable contexts (front-end, back-end, database, platform) Has an advanced knowledge of relational database technology SQL Server and/or Postgres, Comparative knowledge of other database technologies Has understanding of common data lake and data processing technologies Has expertise and the ability to quickly and deeply understand Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies such as: RDS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, SES, S3, API Gateway, CloudFront, EventBridge Has knowled