Senior Full Stack Developer (Python React/Angular AWS)

Location: New York, NY (Onsite from Day 1)
Interview: In-Person Interview Required in New York
Duration: Long-term Contract
Start: Immediate

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Full Stack Developer with strong expertise in Python, React.js or Angular, and AWS cloud engineering (Terraform preferred). The ideal candidate will build scalable web applications, design cloud-native backend services, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced investment and financial technology environment.

Key Responsibilities

Full Stack Development

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade web applications using Python (Flask/FastAPI/Django) for backend and React.js or Angular for frontend.

• Build reusable UI components, responsive layouts, and modular frontend architecture.

• Implement RESTful APIs, microservices, and integration with internal/external systems.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Deploy and manage applications on AWS using services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, CloudWatch, Aurora, RDS, etc.

• Write Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform for provisioning, automation, and cloud resource management.

• Build CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.

System Architecture & Performance

• Participate in architectural discussions and design scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions.

• Optimize application performance, API throughput, caching, and database queries.

• Implement best practices for logging, monitoring, and application observability.

Security & Compliance

• Implement authentication/authorization frameworks (OAuth2, JWT, Cognito).

• Ensure application compliance with data privacy, logging, and audit standards (finance domain preferred).

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with product managers, business stakeholders, and QA/DevOps teams.

• Conduct code reviews, mentor junior developers, and enforce coding standards.

• Deliver high-quality solutions in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Required Qualifications

• 7–10 years of hands-on Full Stack development experience.

• Strong expertise in Python (Flask, Django, or FastAPI).

• Expert-level experience in React.js or Angular (either is acceptable).

• Strong AWS experience including EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, RDS, etc.

• Proven experience building IaC using Terraform (must-have).

• Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices architecture, and serverless patterns.

• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB).

• Knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and cloud-native deployment workflows.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work onsite with client teams in New York.

• Must be available for in-person interview in New York.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in the financial services domain (investments, trading systems, asset management).

• Experience with AWS Step Functions, Kinesis, SNS/SQS.

• Knowledge of GraphQL, WebSockets, or event-driven architecture.

• Familiarity with performance tuning and monitoring tools.