Senior Full Stack Engineer; Go/React
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-06-01
Listing for:
SpotOn: Sales
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-01
Job specializations:
-
Software Development
Cloud Engineer - Software, Full Stack Developer, Backend Developer, DevOps
Job Description & How to Apply Below
About Spot On
We're not just building restaurant tech, we're giving independent restaurants the tools to compete and win. From our award-winning point-of-sale to AI-powered profit tools, everything we do helps operators boost profit, work smarter, and keep their best people. And every solution is backed by real humans who actually give a sh
* t about helping restaurants succeed.
- Named the #1 Restaurant POS by G2 (Fall 2025), based on ratings from real users
- Rated the top-rated point-of-sale (POS) for restaurants, bars, retail, and small businesses by Capterra users
- Awarded Great Places to Work and Built In's Best Workplaces for multiple years running
Senior Full Stack Engineer
About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our Restaurant POS team 'll work across our Go backend and React frontend to build features that power thousands of restaurants. This is a high-impact role where your code runs in production environments serving real guests and staff every day.
What You'll Do
- Design and implement features spanning the full stack:
Go services, REST/Web Socket APIs, and React UI - Work across multiple product surfaces including Front of House (POS terminals) and Back of House (management tools)
- Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to ship features end-to-end
- Contribute to system reliability, performance, and scalability as we grow our merchant base
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and on-call rotation
- Help modernize our frontend architecture
Required:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in Go (or similar statically-typed backend language with willingness to learn Go quickly)
- Strong proficiency in React and Type Script
- Experience with Mongo
DB or other document databases - Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs
- Comfort working in a large, established codebase with multiple contributors
- Experience with real-time communication patterns (Web Sockets, message queues)
- Solid understanding of state management in complex frontend applications
- Experience with NATS or similar messaging systems
- Experience with gRPC and protocol buffers
- Experience in hospitality tech, payments, or POS systems
- Experience with Webpack, monorepo tooling, or complex build pipelines
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure (AWS)
- Experience with observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, distributed tracing)
- Backend: Go, Mongo
DB 4.4, NATS, gRPC, Web Sockets - Frontend: React 16, Type Script 5.5, Webpack 5, Zustand (+ legacy MobX migration in progress)
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
- Tooling: Launch Darkly, Grafana, Git Hub Actions, Jira
- Our base pay range starts at $123,000 -$175,000 for this role
- Please note the salary range listed is just one component of a competitive compensation package which includes a company stock plan
- Offers will be reflective of the candidate's location and experience.
At Spot On, we put people above everything else. We're known for our innovative software and technology solutions, but we stand out because of the hard-working humans behind the tech. We can't take care of our clients without taking care of our employees first, and that's why we invest in you with a competitive benefits package which includes:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 401k with company match
- RSUs
- Paid vacation, 10 company holidays, sick time, and volunteer time off
- Employee Resource Groups to build community and inclusion at work
Spot On is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Work authorization in the U.S. is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Spot On is an E-Verify company.
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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