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Custom App Full Stack Engineer

San Francisco, CA, USA

Job Type

Full Time

Workspace

Office

Salary

$250–350K with extensive benefits package (potentially higher for exceptional candidates)

Requirements

We are looking for a high-calibre engineer who enjoys delivering end-to-end solutions and can move confidently across frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
Essential experience and attributes
• 5+ years commercial full-stack experience building and shipping web applications
• Strong hands-on React, TypeScript, and Python
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and integration patterns
• Practical experience with cloud infrastructure: AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Strong fundamentals in data modelling and designing for maintainability
• Comfortable switching between frontend and backend tasks day-to-day
• Proven ability to deliver production software (discovery to deployment to iteration)
• Confident communicator who can engage a range of stakeholders and translate needs into clear engineering outcomes
• Strong product mindset: focused on business value, usability, speed, and clarity
Candidate profile (important)
• Background from good companies and ideally good schools
• Stable career history – preference for candidates with non-choppy tenure and clear progression
• Evidence of ownership: takes accountability for outcomes, quality, and follow-through

Role & Responsibilities

What you’ll do
• Build custom internal web applications end-to-end, leveraging an internal component library to solve specific user problems
• Take ownership of features from concept to deployment and maintenance
• Run stakeholder discovery to understand business needs and define the right solution, owning the lifecycle from discovery to delivery, including:
o Problem discovery and defining what the solution should look like
o Creating a clear engineering design and approach
o Implementing the solution once reviewed
o Deployment, iteration, and long-term maintenance
• Work across the stack to meet unique user needs
o Spin up new services where required
o Use the internal component library to present information clearly and effectively
• Make pragmatic technical decisions optimised for speed, clarity, and user impact
• Iterate quickly based on feedback rather than over-engineering generalised abstractions
• Build highly usable applications with a strong focus on UX, reliability, and stakeholder outcomes
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Technology Focus
• Frontend: React, TypeScript, internal component libraries
• Backend: Python, RESTful services
• Cloud: AWS / GCP / Azure
• Data: strong data modelling principles (tooling depends on team)
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Why this role
• High ownership, high impact engineering building tools that directly influence how the firm operates
• A pragmatic environment that values shipping, iteration, and measurable user outcomes
• Strong compensation aligned to top-tier engineering talent

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