Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NewtonX is a B2B insights company trusted by the world's most innovative companies to make high-stakes decisions with confidence. We are looking for a Staff Engineer (Full-Stack) with deep expertise in Python/Django and React to build and scale high-performing applications while focusing on delivering an exceptional user experience.
Responsibilities
- Build Python/Django REST APIs and backend services
- Lead development of React-based UIs that are performant, scalable, and user-friendly
- Collaborate on architecture, design decisions, technology/tooling choices, and best practices
- Maintain and improve test coverage across the stack
- Debug, resolve technical debt, and improve code quality
- Mentor teammates and help shape engineering processes
Skills
- 4+ years full-stack engineering experience
- 3+ years of Senior Level Engineering experience, owning technical projects end-to-end
- Strong Python/Django expertise — Django + Django Rest Framework, designing and consuming REST APIs
- Strong React skills — modern React (hooks, Context API), reusable component libraries, building robust web apps across multiple projects
- Solid experience in JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML, CSS/SCSS
- Experience owning scalable systems (race conditions, idempotency, backpressure)
- Strong SQL knowledge with relational databases (Postgres)
- Unit + integration testing mindset (Jest/React Testing Library, pytest/unittest)
- Cloud + infra experience: GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
- Messaging/queueing systems (Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
- SOLID design principles
- Responsive design (Material-UI, Bootstrap, or Tailwind) and State management (Redux, Zustand, Thunk)
Benefits
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401k match with immediate vesting.
- Generous Paid time off: vacation, holidays, sick, and parental leave.
- A diverse, collaborative, and positive culture where we invest in and celebrate each other’s success.
- Flexible work environment where we work hard but have fun (happy hours, team projects, and retreats).
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