Software Engineer – Application Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Enhance and maintain the FastAPI backend, which includes API routes, service boundaries, request correlation, configuration, health and readiness checks, metrics, and telemetry ingestion.

• Assist in supporting the BFF authentication model that utilizes OIDC-based login, server-side sessions, secure cookies, protected-route dependencies, and token validation.

• Develop and sustain backend integrations for headless Drupal preview/protected content, public alerts, notification preferences, contact information, external alerting systems, and upcoming Salesforce workflows.

• Take ownership of database-related application modifications using SQLModel, SQLAlchemy, Alembic migrations, asynchronous repositories, MySQL/RDS compatibility, idempotent background jobs, and best practices for production-safe schema rollouts.

• Manage the React/Vite/TypeScript frontend, encompassing routing, authenticated user experience, public disaster recovery workflows, content rendering, React Query data access, and forms managed by React Hook Form.

• Uphold the governed design-system boundaries, which include Radix-backed primitives, DTCG design tokens, generated CSS/Tailwind/Drupal token outputs, WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, and accessibility testing.

• Ensure the health of tests and quality gates across Pytest, Vitest, Playwright, axe accessibility checks, ESLint, Ruff, TypeScript, bundle checks, CodeQL, dependency reviews, and npm audits.

• Engage in release and operations activities including GitHub Actions workflows, blue/green frontend releases, backend image deployments, one-off/migration workflows, runbooks, logs, metrics, and incident troubleshooting.

• Document implementation decisions, integration contracts, operational assumptions, and handoff notes to ensure that the portal remains maintainable by the broader team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of professional software engineering experience with significant ownership of production web applications.

• More than 5 years of practical Python backend development in production or production-like environments.

• At least 5 years of experience with React and TypeScript, or sufficient practical experience to maintain and extend a mature React single-page application.

• Proven experience in building API-driven systems that involve authentication, data persistence, testing, and operational support.

• Previous experience in enterprise or public-sector settings is advantageous, particularly where security, accessibility, documentation, and change control are critical.

• A minimum of 2 years providing technical leadership, mentoring, code review, or delivery guidance is preferred, although this role is not primarily focused on heavy people management.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Flexible working hours

• Professional development opportunities