Full Stack Engineer - REMOTE

Flexion Inc•Madison, WI

3d•$120,000 - $155,000•Remote

About The Position

Flexion is hiring a Full Stack Engineer, particularly strong on the backend, for an enterprise-level application development project. The project involves a platform-as-a-service for a government project that helps deploy secure, compliant sites and apps without managing infrastructure. The role calls for excellent problem-solving skills, deep technical knowledge, and an ability to understand how individual work fits into a broader software landscape. The team uses test-driven development with full code coverage and is guided by user-centered design. Flexion describes its culture as based on autonomy, trust, transparency, low hierarchy, collaboration, and constructive feedback. Team members are expected to take responsibility for shared success, contribute across analysis, development, and design as needed, adapt to changing priorities, and continuously improve themselves, their teams, and their processes. Teams collaborate online in small groups about 50% of the time and aim to develop demonstrable software every week or two.

Requirements

At least 5 years of development experience.
Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience.
Strong Python and Node/TypeScript development skills.
Demonstrated experience working with relational database management systems, particularly PostgreSQL.
Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
Experience with cloud and PaaS technologies such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Cloud Foundry, or cloud.gov.
Experience with test-driven development.
Experience with GitHub Actions and Jenkins for continuous integration.
Excellent time-management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements and exercise good judgment when navigating technical tradeoffs.

Nice To Haves

Experience integrating with a variety of external systems.
Experience with authentication and authorization solutions such as Keycloak, ZITADEL, Supabase Auth, or AWS Cognito.
Experience with Astro, Next, React, Vue, Svelte, or other frontend frameworks.
Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and web standards.
Experience with a design system such as the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS).

Responsibilities

Design and develop enterprise-level software for a government-focused platform-as-a-service.
Contribute across analysis, development, and design as needed to support cross-functional team success.
Use test-driven development and deliver software with full code coverage.
Collaborate online in small groups and communicate openly with colleagues and clients about problems and proposed solutions.
Adapt to changing requirements and priorities, and exercise sound judgment when navigating technical tradeoffs.
Favor simple, minimal solutions that preserve options while maintaining product quality.
Help teams deliver demonstrable software every week or two.
Investigate root causes of problems and develop appropriate solutions.
Offer and welcome constructive feedback, and continuously improve personal, team, and development processes.
Use AI assistants as tools to accelerate innovation and iteration while maintaining high-quality output.