Senior Fullstack Engineer

Senior Software Development Engineer (Full-Stack)

Apex Systems is seeking a Full-Stack Software Development Engineer to support a high-impact initiative focused on enhancing Incident Management Tooling for a large-scale engineering organization.

This role will directly contribute to building and delivering features that reduce operational toil, streamline incident response workflows, and improve system efficiency across critical operations teams. You will work on internal platforms used during live incidents, where speed, accuracy, and automation are key.

This is a hands-on engineering role in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment, requiring strong ownership and the ability to deliver full-stack solutions end-to-end.

• Design, develop, and deliver full-stack features supporting Incident Management Tools
• Build automation to reduce manual toil and improve operational efficiency
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle:
  Design, Development, Testing, Deployment
• Develop backend services and APIs using Java-based frameworks
• Build and enhance user-facing features using Vue.js (or similar frameworks)
• Own feature delivery end-to-end, including development and testing
• Participate in system design, code reviews, and agile ceremonies
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver solutions aligned to evolving priorities

This role will focus on developing features that improve incident response workflows and automation across internal systems, including:

• Build systems to automatically escalate alerts when responses are delayed
• Integrate with on-call rotations and notification workflows

• Consolidate multiple paging systems into a single streamlined interface
• Enable real-time updates within incident work streams and timelines

• Improve service ownership visibility through enhanced service directories
• Auto-populate team and group data using internal service integrations or historical data

• Automate correlation of responders to incidents
• Build features to trigger notifications based on defined thresholds

• Integrate monitoring tools (e.g., dashboards, charts) into incident workflows
• Build audit logging capabilities to track actions taken during incidents

• Improve tracking of post-incident processes and follow-ups
• Integrate automated call summaries and incident documentation tools

• Prior experience as a Software Development Engineer (SDE II or higher) in a large-scale engineering environment
• Must be able to work onsite in Irvine, CA (5 days/week)
• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong backend expertise in Java
• Full-stack experience with modern frontend frameworks (Vue.js preferred or similar)
• Experience building APIs, distributed systems, and scalable services
• Proven ability to own features end-to-end (design through testing and deployment)
• Comfortable working in complex, fast-paced, and evolving environments

• Experience building internal tools, automation platforms, or operational systems
• Background in toil reduction, workflow automation, or operational efficiency improvements
• Experience with event-driven architectures or messaging systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS preferred)