Senior Full Stack Engineer – Communications Platform

About the role

Rivian’s Communications Platform team is looking for a senior full‑stack engineer to lead the design and delivery of high‑performance, user‑centric applications that power voice, chat, SMS, email and in‑app messaging for customers and agents. You will shape both the frontend experience and the backend services that enable real‑time, omni‑channel communication at scale.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable React/TypeScript front‑end applications with a focus on usability and design‑system consistency.
• Translate product requirements and design mock‑ups into accessible, responsive UI components.
• Build and operate Node.js/NestJS micro‑services, RESTful APIs and GraphQL endpoints.
• Integrate event‑driven workflows using AWS SQS/SNS and other messaging services.
• Leverage AWS Lambda, EKS and related cloud infrastructure for deployment and scaling.
• Work with DynamoDB, Elasticsearch and SQL/NoSQL databases to store high‑volume communication data.
• Drive performance optimisation for both front‑end bundle size and back‑end scalability.
• Provide technical mentorship, lead design discussions and enforce best practices.
• Write unit and integration tests and participate in code reviews.

Required profile

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, primarily in full‑stack roles.
• Strong track record of delivering complex, high‑traffic web applications.
• Ability to collaborate across product, design, data engineering, DevOps and operations teams.

Required skills

• React
• TypeScript
• Node.js
• NestJS
• RESTful APIs
• GraphQL
• AWS (SQS, SNS, Lambda, EKS)
• DynamoDB
• Elasticsearch
• SQL/NoSQL databases
• Unit and integration testing