[Hiring] Senior Full-Stack Engineer @Lifted, an Upwork Company™

Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to architect and build production web applications that connect data-backed services with intuitive frontend interfaces. The work will enable self-service operational processes, workflow automation, system integrations, and reliable data movement. As an early core engineer, this person will establish software foundations, deliver end-to-end solutions, and help raise engineering standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software development using Java or Python.
• 5+ years building backend services, APIs, or other data-driven applications.
• 5+ years working with datastores such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or comparable technologies.
• 4+ years building production applications with both React and TypeScript.
• Strong HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript (ES6+) skills.
• Experience with REST or GraphQL APIs, RPC-style communication, and JSON-based integrations.
• Production cloud experience with a strong focus on AWS.
• Experience leading code reviews and improving software quality.
• Evidence of tangible impact from personally delivered engineering work.
• A technical bachelor's degree.
• Ability to operate as an early core engineer by shaping architecture, establishing coding standards, and guiding peers while remaining hands-on.

Requirements

• Billing-system experience.
• Service-oriented or event-driven architecture experience.
• Frontend GraphQL experience, including Apollo or comparable tooling.
• Experience with Kafka, Amazon SQS, RabbitMQ, or comparable messaging systems.
• Design-system or reusable component-library experience.
• Jest and React Testing Library experience.
• Webpack or Vite experience.
• Web accessibility experience, including WCAG.
• Strong production debugging and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with large-scale or high-performance systems, including consistency, scalability, replication, or redundancy concerns.
• Enterprise experience strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Candidates must be based in LATAM.
• Full US Central Time coverage is required.
• This is a contract engagement at 40 hours per week.
• The anticipated engagement runs through March 31, 2027.
• This is not currently a contract-to-hire opportunity.