Senior Full Stack Engineer Digital Platforms

Position type: W2 contract

Location:

Birmingham, AL (Remote)

The Senior Full Stack Engineer designs, builds, and supports high‑quality solutions for our member and agent portals. This hands‑on role requires strong expertise in modern frontend (
React, Next.js
) and backend (
Python, Go, Node.js
) technologies within a microservices and AWS‑based environment, with regular collaboration across onshore and offshore engineering teams.

• Design, develop, and maintain application features across frontend (
  React, Next.js
  ) and backend services (
  Python, Go, node.js
  ).
• Participate in architectural design discussions and contribute to the technical direction of applications and services.
• Implement RESTful APIs and backend services following SOLID design principles and microservices best practices.
• Write clean, testable, maintainable code with appropriate unit, integration, and end‑to‑end tests.
• Own services through the full SDLC: requirements, design, coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and support.
• Work within an Agile team with product owners, QA, and engineers to deliver incremental value.
• Collaborate closely with offshore team members, ensuring clear requirements, shared design understanding, and consistent coding standards.
• Coordinate handoffs and overlap with offshore teams to maintain velocity and manage dependencies.
• Mentor junior and mid‑level engineers (onshore and offshore) through code reviews, pairing, and coaching.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline improvements for automated, reliable deployments to AWS.
• Work with AWS services (
  EKS, Lambda, API Gateway
  ) and Kubernetes/EKS for container orchestration.
• Participate in on‑call rotations to troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement fixes.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, and secure, meeting internal and external customer needs.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and propose improvements to enhance capabilities and productivity.
• Collaborate with leadership to evolve technical standards, coding guidelines, and best practices.
• Explore opportunities to leverage Amazon Bedrock and prompt engineering for intelligent features (if applicable).

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience in full‑stack or backend‑focused roles.
• Hands‑on expertise in frontend:
  React, Next.js and backend:
  Python, Go, node.js
  .
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and container orchestration (
  Kubernetes/EKS
  ).
• Experience with AWS services:
  EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, Cloud Formation/Terraform
  .
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and deployments to AWS.
• Solid understanding of REST principles and SOLID design principles.
• Experience collaborating with offshore or distributed teams across time zones.
• Excellent communication skills with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem‑solving abilities for complex distributed systems.

• Experience in healthcare, pharmacy benefits, insurance, or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with Amazon Bedrock and prompt engineering or modern AI/ML platforms.
• Experience with observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing) for microservices.
• Background in performance tuning, resiliency patterns, and security best practices.
• Experience with mobile application development.

• Problem Solving & Decision Making – strong analytical skills to evaluate options and make sound technical decisions.
• Accountability & Responsibility – ownership of deliverables ensuring quality and reliability.
• Communication – clear communication across teams, effective documentation, constructive feedback.
• Collaboration & Teamwork – effective collaboration within Agile teams across onshore and offshore locations.
• Customer Focus – build scalable, reliable, and secure solutions meeting customer needs.