Job Title: Lead Full Stack Engineer
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Remote
About the Role
We‘re looking for a hands-on Lead Full Stack Engineer to build and scale AI-enabled, cloud-native applications for a fast-paced FinTech product environment. The role will have a strong backend focus (70%) with frontend development (30%), requiring deep expertise in Python, React.js, AWS, and PostgreSQL. You‘ll own features end-to-end, from design and development through deployment, while integrating AI/GenAI capabilities into production applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable backend services and APIs using Python.
- Develop responsive and production-ready frontend applications using React.js.
- Own features end-to-end, from technical design and implementation to production deployment.
- Build cloud-native and serverless applications using AWS.
- Design and optimize PostgreSQL databases, including schemas, queries, indexing, and performance.
- Integrate LLMs and Generative AI capabilities into production applications.
- Build AI-powered features including intelligent search, chat interfaces, document processing, and workflow automation.
- Integrate AI APIs such as OpenAI, Claude, Azure OpenAI, or similar platforms.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, Data Engineering, Analytics, and Engineering teams.
- Build reusable components, automation tools, APIs, and internal applications.
- Participate in code reviews, testing, debugging, and performance optimization.
- Ensure applications are secure, scalable, reliable, and production-ready.
Required Skills
- 6+ years of experience in Full Stack / Software Engineering.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Python and backend development.
- Strong experience with React.js and modern frontend development.
- Solid hands-on experience with AWS Cloud, including cloud-native and serverless architectures.
- Strong experience with PostgreSQL, including database design, schema management, query optimization, and database operations.
- Hands-on experience integrating LLMs / Generative AI into production applications.
- Experience with AI APIs such as OpenAI, Claude, Azure OpenAI, or similar platforms.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, distributed systems, scalable application design, and microservices.
- Experience building and deploying end-to-end products in production.
- Strong coding, debugging, problem-solving, and engineering skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience with RAG, vector databases, semantic search, LangChain/LlamaIndex, or MCP.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Terraform.
- Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, API Gateway, and CloudWatch.
- Experience working with data platforms, ETL/data pipelines, or analytics systems.
- Experience in FinTech, SaaS, or high-growth product environments.
- Strong experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity.
What We‘re Looking For
A passionate, hands-on Full Stack Engineer who is strong in Python and comfortable across the frontend, cloud, database, and AI layers. Someone who takes complete ownership of features, enjoys solving complex engineering problems, and is excited about building AI-powered products in a fast-paced FinTech environment