Lead Full Stack Engineer

Lead Full Stack Engineer

New York, NY (Remote)

12-Month Contract

We are specifically looking for a backend-heavy MERN engineer, not a frontend-focused React developer.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of overall software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Node.js and Express.js.
• Strong backend development experience using JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Experience building microservices and distributed applications.
• Strong experience with MongoDB, including schema/data modeling, aggregation, indexing, and performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Experience with AWS services such as: Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, CloudWatch, and IAM.
• Experience developing serverless and/or containerized applications on AWS.
• Strong understanding of API security, authentication, and authorization, including OAuth/JWT.
• Experience integrating applications with third-party APIs and external systems.
• Experience with Docker and containerized deployments.
• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience with Git/GitHub and Agile development methodologies.
• Strong production troubleshooting, debugging, logging, and performance-tuning skills.
• Working knowledge of React.js and frontend integration.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Required Skills: React, Next.js, Nest.js, REST APIs, AWS Lambda, Aurora PostgreSQL, Kafka/MSK

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
• Experience with event-driven architecture using SQS, SNS, EventBridge, or Kafka.
• Experience with Kubernetes/EKS.
• Experience designing highly available and scalable cloud applications.
• Experience with observability and monitoring using CloudWatch or similar platforms.
• Experience with automated testing using Jest, Mocha, or similar frameworks.
• AWS certification is a plus.