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Senior Full Stack Engineer Digital Platforms

Accord Technologies Inc · Birmingham, AL · 2 mo ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time

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.

Key Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Collaborate 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.
  • Cook up 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.
  • 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.
  • Coordinate 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.
  • 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).

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.

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.

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.

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