Job Title: Full Stack Engineer
Industry: Non-Profit / Education Technology
Location: Remote (EST or CST preferred)
Duration: 12 months+ – W2 Contract
Schedule: Full-time | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST
Position Overview
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, candidate will be responsible for complex software development including coding, managing small sections of ongoing projects and closely adhering to deadlines.
Candidate will also take responsibility for creating design specifications, unit testing, and preparing technical documentation. Candidate will ensure relationships with customers and cross-team members are professional and meet expectations.
The organization manages a complex and comprehensive suite of data systems, data feeds and reports to support students and educators across multiple assessments, programs and services.
Working within the Information Technology division and across the operations and key business units, the Senior Full Stack Engineer will analyze procedures, and design and implement solutions to attain high data quality and process automation.
The Senior Full Stack Engineer will design, develop and implement solutions, based on a set of standards and processes which establish consistency across the enterprise data, reduce risk, and promote efficiencies in support of the organization’s goals and objectives.
The ideal candidate will have designed, developed and implemented serverless software solutions in support of data quality and automation.
The candidate will also possess technical skills and experience in the data management domain that will help their ability to design and develop elegant and efficient data processes and systems.
Recruiter Insights
• Team is working on external user-facing products/programs – both new development and redesign of legacy applications into modern AWS-based React/Node applications
• Most development teams work in a poly-skilled manner working on automation and improving frameworks for testing in addition to core development
• Hiring manager is looking for highly motivated engineers with solid communication skills that can operate with minimal guidance
• Candidates should be comfortable engaging with teams remotely and able to hit the ground running
• Strong TypeScript and JavaScript (ES6) expertise is required along with React development experience
• This role is for a full-stack engineer with solid backend experience using Node.js and AWS serverless technologies
• Candidates should be comfortable building both frontend applications and scalable backend services
Technology Experience Matrix
Technology | Required Level |
AWS - DynamoDB | Intermediate (3) |
AWS - Lambda | Intermediate (3) / Advanced (4) |
AWS - S3 | Intermediate (3) |
AWS - SNS/SQS | Intermediate (3) |
Node.js Development | Advanced (4) / Expert (5) |
TypeScript | Advanced (4) / Expert (5) |
JavaScript (ES6) | Advanced (4) / Expert (5) |
React.js | Advanced (4) / Expert (5) |
UI Development (HTML5, CSS3, DHTML) | Intermediate (3) / Advanced (4) |
Must Have Skills
• AWS DynamoDB
• AWS Lambda
• AWS S3
• AWS SNS/SQS
• JavaScript (ES6)
• React.js
• TypeScript
Nice To Have
• Java
Required Skills
• Strong experience in full-stack development
• Strong experience in React and TypeScript
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6)
• Solid experience with Node.js backend development
• Experience working with AWS services and deploying applications to AWS
• Experience building REST APIs and microservices
• Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps practices, and automation
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Skills
• Experience with automated testing (E2E and API testing)
• Familiarity with AWS CDK or CloudFormation
• Experience with event-driven architectures
• Experience working in Agile environments
Responsibilities
• Complex software development including coding and managing small sections of ongoing projects
• Create design specifications, unit testing, and technical documentation
• Analyze procedures and design and implement solutions to attain high data quality and process automation
• Design, develop and implement solutions based on enterprise standards and processes
• Support consistency across enterprise data, reduce risk, and promote efficiencies
• Build frontend applications and scalable backend services
• Work collaboratively with customers and cross-team members in a remote environment
Process
• Verification of ID required
• Must be on computer audio/video
• Initial 30-minute video session followed by technical panel interview
• Estimated 1.5-hour technical/team interview with whiteboarding
• Remote onboarding and verification process
• Orientation begins at 8:45 AM with 9:00 AM start time
Education / Certifications
• Bachelor’s degree and/or other advanced degree(s)
• Relevant AWS or other professional certifications
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