Develop and maintain scalable full-stack enterprise applications across front-end, back-end, APIs, databases, and cloud platforms. Build microservices, optimize systems and performance, contribute to architecture and CI/CD practices, and ensure secure, maintainable code. Collaborate with Product, Design, Architects, and Engineering teams to deliver features from concept through production while troubleshooting and upgrading existing systems.
This is a remote position.
The Senior Full Stack Developer is responsible for end-to-end software development, including front-end, back-end, APIs, databases, and cloud integration. This role requires strong technical depth, system thinking, and the ability to deliver scalable enterprise-grade solutions while collaborating closely with Product Managers, Architects, and Engineering Leads.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable full-stack applications.
- Build and integrate RESTful APIs and microservices.
- Develop responsive and high-performance front-end interfaces.
- Architect and optimize backend systems, databases, and data models.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to deliver features end-to-end.
- Ensure application security, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Participate in system design discussions and technical architecture decisions.
- Write clean, maintainable, testable, and well-documented code.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Required Qualifications
- 9+ years of full-stack software development experience.
- Strong experience building enterprise or SaaS applications.
- Proven ability to deliver complex systems from concept to production.
- Experience working in Agile development environments.
- Strong problem-solving and system design skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities in remote teams.
Technical Skills
- Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, React / Angular / Vue
- Backend: Node.js, Java, Python, .NET, or similar
- APIs: RESTful APIs, GraphQL
- Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB)
- Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services / Azure / GCP
- DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes
- Version Control: Git / GitHub / GitLab
- Software Architecture: Microservices, event-driven systems
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