Full Stack / Platform Engineer (Python, React, AWS)

ACA Group•Durham, NC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

ACA is seeking a Full Stack / Platform Engineer (Python, React, AWS) to help build and enhance our Research Compliance Solutions platform, a cloud-native SaaS solution that combines AI-powered technology with expert human oversight to simplify and strengthen compliance in investment research. This role will be responsible for developing and maintaining scalable backend services, modern user interfaces, cloud infrastructure, and automation frameworks that power real-time call screening, transcript analysis, search capabilities, and compliance workflows. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with experience designing, building, and deploying cloud-native applications and is comfortable working across the full technology stack. This individual will play a key role in shaping technical solutions, influencing platform architecture, and driving innovation across ACA's Research Compliance Solutions platform.

Requirements

Strong professional experience developing applications with Python
Experience building modern web applications using React and TypeScript
Experience developing and supporting microservices-based architectures
Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized application development
Experience deploying and supporting applications in AWS cloud environments
Experience working with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms
Strong knowledge of API design and development
Experience working with relational databases, including PostgreSQL
Experience designing scalable software solutions, APIs, and distributed systems in a cloud-native environment
Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills
Experience working within Agile software development environments

Nice To Haves

AWS CDK (TypeScript)
Amazon EKS
Redis or Valkey
Selenium
Playwright
CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins
Experience supporting AI, NLP, transcription, chat, search, or compliance-related platforms
Experience working within financial services, compliance, surveillance, or regulatory technology environments

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services supporting AI-powered compliance workflows, transcription, search, analytics, and user-facing applications
Build and enhance modern web applications using React and TypeScript
Develop and maintain REST APIs and microservices architecture supporting platform integrations and data pipelines
Build, deploy, and support containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
Develop and maintain AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code practices, including AWS CDK
Partner with Product, Compliance, Data Science, and Engineering teams to deliver innovative platform capabilities
Design and optimize data storage solutions using PostgreSQL and related technologies
Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and efficient software delivery
Contribute to automated testing and quality engineering practices using technologies such as Selenium, Playwright, and TypeScript-based automation frameworks
Troubleshoot production issues and drive platform scalability, reliability, and performance improvements
Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the future direction of the Research Compliance Solutions platform
Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and help drive architecture and design decisions across the platform