About the Role
Title: Staff Full Stack Engineer
Location: Remote US
Job Description:
Location: Remote
Type: Full Time
Min. Experience: Experienced
Career Fulfillment & Culture
People come to work for Deque because of what we do: enable businesses and organizations to make their sites and apps accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. The personal fulfillment employees feel here is unparalleled. In addition to the altruistic nature of our jobs, the organizational structure is extremely flat and welcoming. Women-owned and operated, Deque CEO Preety Kumar is internationally revered for her down-to-earth personality and work ethic. Deque’s core values are central to our culture of customer satisfaction. Do you share them?
- Innovation with results that matter
- Deliver what you promise
- Can-do attitude
- Open, direct & respectful communications
- We care deeply
- We practice humility
At Deque, you’ll work with the best and brightest minds in the industry, sharing best practices, tackling new issues and uncovering new approaches.
Deque experts regularly contribute to W3C Accessibility Working Groups and collectively hold more CPACC, WAS, & CPWA certifications issued by the IAAP than any accessibility testing company in the world.
Position Description
Deque is seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join our Development department on the axe Monitor Team. This position will play a crucial role in developing and enhancing our axe Monitor product, which helps organizations continuously monitor and improve the accessibility of their digital platforms. The ideal candidate will lead major technical projects, contribute to architectural decisions, and mentor other team members while working in a collaborative environment committed to digital equality. We’re looking for someone with extensive experience in both front-end and back-end technologies who is passionate about creating accessible software solutions that make a real difference in people’s lives.
Primary Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of the axe Monitor product, implementing new features and enhancing existing functionality
- Lead major technical projects from start to finish, including planning, implementation, and deployment
- Ensure implementations are architecturally sound, scalable, and robust
- Maintain a high level of software quality through code reviews and documenting standards
- Write and review technical proposals to improve product architecture and infrastructure
- Mentor and support developers on your team, fostering growth and knowledge sharing
- Participate in team meetings and interviews to ensure alignment and contribute to team culture
- Follow Agile development practices to help the team meet product delivery goals
- Develop innovative solutions to improve both the team and the product
- Work with Product Management to define and prioritize features, bug fixes, and software maintenance
- Work with Sales, Service, and Customer Support to help customers use our products effectively
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience building and maintaining large-scale SaaS applications
- 3+ years of experience developing Java applications, preferably with the Spring stack
- Experience with NodeJS and React
- Experience with SQL databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server)
- Experience maintaining continuous integration pipelines (e.g. GitHub actions, CircleCI)
- Experience with messaging systems (e.g. ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ)
- Experience with AWS services (e.g. Lambda, S3, ECS)
- Experience with building containerized services (e.g Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience working on a global, remote team of engineers that follows Agile methodologies