Full-Stack Software Engineer; Python​/React​/Azure

Position: Full-Stack Software Engineer (Python/React/Azure)
Modernize 40+ Applications & Build New AI Solutions | Lead Full Stack Engineer | React, Python & Azure | Long-Term Contract

This Jobot Consulting Job is hosted by:
Dawit Demoz
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Salary: $40 - $60 per hour

A bit about us:

We are a statewide public-sector organization dedicated to supporting students, educators, families, and communities. Our mission is to provide the resources, technology, and services needed to help ensure every student has the opportunity to succeed and reach their full potential.

Our technology organization plays a critical role in that mission by developing, modernizing, and supporting the applications and digital services used across the organization and throughout the state. With a strong focus on application modernization, cloud technologies, and emerging AI capabilities, our team is transforming legacy systems and building modern, scalable solutions that improve how services are delivered.

We are looking for talented technology professionals who enjoy solving complex problems, modernizing critical systems, and building innovative solutions that have a meaningful impact on the communities we serve.

Why join us?

As a Jobot consultant, you'll have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects with leading organizations while receiving the support and resources of the Jobot team throughout your assignment.

Depending on eligibility and assignment terms, benefits may include:

Competitive compensation
Medical, dental, and vision insurance options
401(k) retirement plan
Weekly payroll and direct deposit
Dedicated Jobot support throughout your assignment
Access to long-term and contract-to-hire opportunities
Opportunities to work with innovative technologies and leading organizations
Ongoing career support and access to future Jobot opportunities

Our goal is to provide our consultants with a positive experience from onboarding through the completion of their assignment, with a dedicated team available to support them along the way.

Job Details

Position Summary
We are seeking an accomplished Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to serve as a senior hands-on technical contributor and technical leader within a modern application development team.

This role has two primary areas of focus:

Application Modernization:
Assess and modernize a portfolio of approximately 40 existing applications, determining the appropriate future-state architecture, technology stack, migration strategy, and Azure hosting model for each.
New Application & AI Development:
Design and build new applications, features, and AI-enabled solutions that support future business initiatives.
The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on development experience, strong application architecture expertise, and advanced proficiency with React, Python, SQL, and Microsoft Azure. This individual should be comfortable evaluating existing systems, determining modernization strategies, selecting the right technologies and Azure services, and actively contributing to solution delivery.

The team is also embracing AI-assisted software development tools, including Claude Code and Claude CI, as part of its engineering workflows. Experience leveraging AI tools for development, testing, modernization, code review, and delivery is highly desirable.

This is not a purely architectural or management role. The Lead Software Engineer will remain actively involved in design, coding, troubleshooting, deployment, and technical decision-making while providing technical leadership and mentorship to other developers.

Key Responsibilities

Full Stack Software Development
Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain production applications using React and React Native on the frontend, Python on the backend, SQL/Azure SQL for data management, and Microsoft Azure for cloud services and hosting.
Remain hands-on with development, delivering production-quality code and complex technical solutions.
Own solutions end-to-end, from requirements gathering and technical design through implementation, deployment, and support.
Develop new applications and capabilities aligned with evolving business needs.
Write clean, scalable, secure, maintainable, and well-tested code.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues involving performance, reliability, integrations, security, and scalability.

Legacy Application Modernization & Cloud Architecture
Lead modernization efforts across a portfolio of approximately 40 legacy and existing applications.
Evaluate applications and recommend whether they should be refactored, re-platformed, rebuilt, consolidated, or retired.
Define appropriate technology stacks, architectures, Azure services, and hosting models.
Lead migrations from legacy technologies, including Cold Fusion, to modern cloud-native solutions.
Design solutions that fully leverage Azure capabilities rather than simply relocating legacy systems to the cloud.
Assess dependencies, integrations, databases, security requirements, scalability…