Full Stack Engineer - (U.S. Based - Remote)
About The Position
Lyrasis is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to join a diverse engineering team in the Ebooks and Community Engagement (EBCE) Department, working on the Palace Project platform. This role involves close collaboration with product, operations, and support teams to build solutions that provide users and library partners with a great digital experience. As part of a small team, the engineer will participate in all stages of the development process, including contributing code to backend services and frontend interfaces, refactoring and architectural design, deploying and monitoring services, documenting work, and troubleshooting issues.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience developing backend applications in Python
- 2+ years of experience with JavaScript development (React preferred)
- Proven understanding of web service development best practices
- Experience refactoring and modernizing codebases
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Highly organized and process-oriented
- Curious and persistent when troubleshooting issues
- Empathetic and user-centric mindset
- Comfortable juggling testing deadlines and support priorities
- Collaborative and communicative across technical and non-technical teams
- Able to operate autonomously while meeting objectives
- Adaptable and creative problem solving is a must
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- Lyrasis does not sponsor employment-based work visas for this position (including H-1B, TN, or O-1 visas).
Nice To Haves
- A passion for reading books or listening to audiobooks
- Experience with our stack: Flask, SQLAlchemy, Postgres, AWS, Terraform, Next.js.
- Experience deploying and managing your own code in production
- Mobile development experience (iOS/Swift, Android/Kotlin) is a plus
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend services using Python (Flask, SQLAlchemy)
- Build and enhance frontend interfaces using JavaScript (React, Next.js)
- Contribute to technical architecture and design decisions
- Deploy, monitor, and maintain backend services in AWS
- Troubleshoot issues across the full application stack
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions
Benefits
- Lyrasis organizational and staff values are: communication, respect, collaboration, impact, and service.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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