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Senior Full Stack Engineer – Digital Platforms
Location: Birmingham, AL (Remote)
Position type: W2 contract
 

Mandatory skills: Fullstack development, React.JS, Next.Js, Python, go, Node.JS, AWS (EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation, Terraform) Restful API,
 

Position Summary

The Senior Full Stack Engineer designs, builds, and supports high-quality solutions for our member and agent portals. This hands-on role requires strong expertise in modern frontend (React, Next.js) and backend (Python, Go, Node.js) technologies within a microservices and AWS-based environment, with regular collaboration across onshore and offshore engineering teams.

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Key Responsibilities

Development & Architecture

•            Design, develop, and maintain application features across frontend (React, Next.js) and backend services (Python, Go, node.js).

•            Participate in architectural design discussions and contribute to technical direction of applications and services.

•            Implement RESTful APIs and backend services following SOLID design principles and microservices best practices.

•            Write clean, testable, maintainable code with appropriate unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.

•            Own services through the full SDLC: requirements, design, coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and support.

Collaboration & Leadership

•            Work within an Agile team with product owners, QA, and engineers to deliver incremental value.

•            Collaborate closely with offshore team members, ensuring clear requirements, shared design understanding, and consistent coding standards.

•            Coordinate handoffs and overlap with offshore teams to maintain velocity and manage dependencies.

•            Mentor junior and mid-level engineers (onshore and offshore) through code reviews, pairing, and coaching.

Infrastructure & Operations

•            Contribute to CI/CD pipeline improvements for automated, reliable deployments to AWS.

•            Work with AWS services (EKS, Lambda, API Gateway) and Kubernetes/EKS for container orchestration.

•            Participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement fixes.

•            Ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, and secure, meeting internal and external customer needs.

Continuous Improvement

•            Stay current with emerging technologies and propose improvements to enhance capabilities and productivity.

•            Collaborate with leadership to evolve technical standards, coding guidelines, and best practices.

•            Explore opportunities to leverage Amazon Bedrock and prompt engineering for intelligent features (if applicable).

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Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

•            Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

•            4–7+ years of professional software engineering experience in full stack or backend-focused roles.

Technical Skills

•            Hands-on expertise in:

•            Frontend: React, Next.js

•            Backend: Python, Go, node.js

•            Strong understanding of microservices architecture and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS).

•            Experience with AWS services: EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation/Terraform.

•            Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and deployments to AWS.

•            Solid understanding of REST principles and SOLID design principles.

Collaboration & Communication

•            Experience collaborating with offshore or distributed teams across time zones.

•            Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

•            Strong problem-solving abilities for complex distributed systems.

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Preferred Qualifications

•            Experience in healthcare, pharmacy benefits, insurance, or regulated industries.

•            Familiarity with Amazon Bedrock and prompt engineering or modern AI/ML platforms.

•            Experience with observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing) for microservices.

•            Background in performance tuning, resiliency patterns, and security best practices.

•            Experience with mobile application development.

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Core Competencies

•            Problem Solving & Decision Making – Strong analytical skills to evaluate options and make sound technical decisions.

•            Accountability & Responsibility – Ownership of deliverables ensuring quality and reliability.

•            Communication – Clear communication across teams, effective documentation, and constructive feedback.

•            Collaboration & Teamwork – Effective collaboration within Agile teams across onshore and offshore locations.

•            Customer Focus – Build scalable, reliable, and secure solutions meeting customer needs.