Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Backend Focus)

We're looking for a senior full-stack engineer to join a small, high-impact team building and expanding an enterprise platform for content creation, publishing, integrations, plugins, and AI-enabled user experiences. The selected candidate will have significant end-to-end ownership, from solution design and development through deployment, troubleshooting, and ongoing support.

About the role

This is a contract, hybrid position based in Alpharetta, GA. The role is anticipated to close on August 14, 2026.

Ideal Candidate

• Typically, 5–10 years of progressive software development experience
• Strong backend engineering experience with full-stack capability
• Hands-on experience building and supporting production applications
• Ability to independently own large features, modules, services, or pipelines
• Strong understanding of system design, algorithms, data structures, performance, scalability, and reliability
• Comfortable working in a small team with high visibility, autonomy, and accountability
• Ability to learn unfamiliar frameworks and technologies quickly
• Experience working with incomplete requirements and limited supervision

Skills

Top Skills

• Python
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Relational databases
• SQL
• AWS

AI Expectations

This is not an AI research or machine-learning specialist role. Candidates should have:

• Foundational knowledge of generative AI and AI-assisted development
• Experience using or evaluating AI coding tools
• The judgment to identify incorrect, insecure, or unsuitable AI-generated code
• The ability to quickly learn and apply new AI tools in practical engineering workflows

Key Evaluation Areas

Please prioritize candidates who can clearly explain:

• A system or major feature they personally took from design to production
• A production failure they diagnosed, resolved, and prevented from recurring
• Architectural decisions involving scale, latency, reliability, or maintainability
• Relational database design, data integrity, indexing, and performance
• Their individual contributions rather than only overall team accomplishments

Pay

The pay range for this position is $72.00 - $72.00/hr.

Benefits

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital coverage
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short- and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, or Sick Leave)