Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Build modular, reusable, and high-performance UI components using ReactJS and/or EmberJS.
• Design responsive, accessible, and intuitive interfaces using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frontend practices.
• Own frontend architecture, performance optimization, rendering efficiency, and application maintainability.
• Develop and integrate REST APIs and backend services using Ruby on Rails or Java.
• Contribute to backend development, databases, service integrations, and other full-stack components.
• Write clean, modular, scalable, and testable code focused on quality and performance.
• Diagnose and resolve complex frontend and full-stack issues through debugging and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Backend, SRE, and other engineering teams.
• Contribute to design systems, reusable UI patterns, accessibility standards, and frontend best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, architecture decisions, and Agile ceremonies.
• Explore AI-powered tools to improve engineering productivity and development efficiency.
• Build reliable, observable, and scalable applications with attention to availability and fault tolerance.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong frontend development experience with meaningful exposure to backend engineering.
• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frontend development.
• Strong hands-on experience with ReactJS; EmberJS experience is an advantage.
• Understanding of frontend architecture, component-based development, state management, responsive design, and browser fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of frontend performance, rendering efficiency, accessibility, and UX best practices.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails or Java and the ability to develop, integrate, and troubleshoot backend services.
• Understanding of REST APIs, data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, design patterns, and clean code principles.
• Experience with relational databases and familiarity with caching, distributed queues, microservices, and service integrations.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in Agile cross-functional teams with strong communication and collaboration skills.

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