Senior Full Stack Engineer

Location: Charlotte, NC or Piscataway, NJ (Candidates open to relocation will be considered)
Employment Type: Contract

We are seeking an experienced Senior Full Stack Engineer to design, develop, and support scalable, cloud-native applications for member and agent portals. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in modern frontend and backend technologies, microservices architecture, and AWS cloud services. This is a hands-on engineering role that involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, mentoring developers, and contributing to the technical strategy and architecture of enterprise applications.

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications using React, Next.js, Python, Go, and Node.js.
• Develop scalable RESTful APIs and backend services following microservices architecture and SOLID design principles.
• Participate in application architecture, technical design, and engineering best practices.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Manage application development throughout the complete SDLC, including design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, QA teams, architects, and business stakeholders in an Agile environment.
• Work closely with offshore development teams to ensure effective communication, design alignment, and successful project delivery.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and technical guidance.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes on AWS EKS.
• Participate in production support, on-call rotations, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Ensure applications are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with business requirements.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to engineering practices.
• Explore AI-driven development opportunities using Amazon Bedrock and prompt engineering where applicable.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 812+ years of professional software engineering experience in full-stack or backend development.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • Frontend: React.js, Next.js
  • Backend: Python, Go (Golang), Node.js
• Experience designing and developing microservices-based applications.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and Amazon EKS.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including:
  • Amazon EKS
  • AWS Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • CloudFormation and/or Terraform
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Strong understanding of SOLID principles, object-oriented design, and software engineering best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments.
• Proven experience working with distributed or offshore development teams.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

• Experience in Healthcare, Insurance, Pharmacy Benefits, or other regulated industries.
• Knowledge of Amazon Bedrock, Prompt Engineering, or Generative AI technologies.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing tools.
• Knowledge of performance optimization, resiliency patterns, and cloud security best practices.
• Mobile application development experience is a plus.

• React.js
• Next.js
• Python
• Go (Golang)
• Node.js
• AWS (EKS, Lambda, API Gateway)
• Kubernetes
• Microservices
• REST APIs
• CloudFormation/Terraform
• CI/CD
• Agile/Scrum