Project description
Senior engineer delivering features end to end: React / Next.js front end, Python (FastAPI / Django) back end, database integration and CI/CD deployment to Azure. Accountable for taking assigned features from design through to production.
Responsibilities
- Key tasks
- Deliver features end to end across the React / Next.js front end and Python (FastAPI / Django) back end.
- Design APIs and database integration (PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB) for the features owned.
- Wire up and maintain CI/CD pipelines deploying to Azure (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions, containers, IaC).
- Keep front-end and back-end contracts consistent (OpenAPI / GraphQL schema as source of truth).
- Write unit, integration and E2E tests; automate deployment readiness checks.
- Resolve cross-layer defects found in UAT and production.
Responsibilities and accountabilities
- End-to-end delivery of assigned features through to production, including release notes and runbooks.
- Consistency between front-end and back-end contracts and shared TypeScript / Pydantic models.
- Deployment readiness: pipelines, environment configuration, feature flags and rollback.
- Cross-layer defect resolution and root-cause analysis.
SKILLS
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of software development with 4+ years delivering full-stack features (React front end, Python back end) and 2+ years deploying to Azure.
- TypeScript, React 18+, Next.js; state management (Redux / Zustand); Jest / Cypress.
- Python 3.11+, FastAPI and/or Django, SQLAlchemy / Django ORM, pytest.
- Azure: App Service / Container Apps / AKS, Azure SQL or PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB, Key Vault, Application Insights, API Management.
- CI/CD with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions; Docker; Bicep or Terraform at working level.
- REST and GraphQL design, authentication (OAuth2 / OIDC, Azure AD / Entra ID).
Nice to have
• AWS or GCP experience.
• Messaging (Service Bus, Event Grid), background processing (Celery, Functions).
• Azure certifications (AZ-204).
• Experience in financial services, sovereign wealth / investment holding or other regulated enterprise environments.