Senior Full Stack Application Engineer

Quick Facts

• Contract/temporary role
• Location: Buena Vista, FL

Description

Lead the design and development of responsive, scalable, secure, and accessible end-to-end web applications for internal business decision-makers. Build and optimize full-stack features using modern technologies such as React and Python/Django (or similar), collaborate with Product Managers and Designers on user-centric experiences, and partner with Data Scientists and Data Engineers on APIs and data integrations for visualization. Mentor other engineers and work with DevOps to ensure reliable deployment, performance, and security.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop full-stack, user-centric web applications
• Build responsive, scalable, secure, and accessible front-end and back-end capabilities
• Translate product requirements and design concepts into intuitive user experiences
• Create and integrate APIs and data pipelines to surface model outputs and visualize them for end users
• Mentor and guide engineers on code quality, system design, UI/UX principles, and full-stack best practices
• Partner with DevOps for deployment, security, and performance
• Apply best practices across accessibility, API design, database performance, security, and maintainability
• Use AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) to speed up coding, testing, and documentation

Requirements

• Legally authorized to work in the United States; sponsorship not available
• 5+ years of software development experience
• At least 3 years of front-end development and at least 2 years of back-end development
• Advanced proficiency with React plus Python and Django (or similar)
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python
• Experience building RESTful APIs
• Experience with databases and SQL, including schema design and query optimization
• Experience implementing UI/UX designs from Figma (user scenarios, wireframes, mockups, technical specifications)
• Experience with front-end and back-end build tools and GitLab CI/CD
• Demonstrated leadership in full-stack architecture and tool selection
• Ability to optimize applications end to end (front-end, APIs, database queries) for performance, scalability, and large data sets
• Comfort using AI coding assistants to automate and accelerate development workflows
• Master’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401K
• Life insurance ($20,000 benefit)