Full Stack Engineer - Vue.js, C#, Node.js

We are seeking a seasoned Full-Stack Software Engineer to join our clients software engineering team on a contract basis. This team is responsible for maintaining and enhancing existing web applications and APIs, while also building new cloud-native features - many are being ported from a legacy Windows desktop application. So there is an emphasis on a UX-driven process.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable web applications built on microservices architecture. Analysing and building design specifications from business requirements.
• Build and maintain services written in Node.js and C#, with a strong focus on modular, domain-driven design.
• Develop front-end components using Vue.js, Vite, PrimeVue, and modernframeworks like TailWind CSS.
• Collaborate with UX designers to assess readiness of UX artefacts and implement user-centric features efficiently.
• Work with NoSQL databases like MongoDB, structuring documents for performance, reliability, and loose coupling.
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries; design and improve relational database schemas.
• Improve performance and scalability of database operations across both relational and document-oriented systems.
• Implement a variety of automated tests including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Build and maintain software for both Windows and Linux environments.
• Refactor and modernize legacy software applications for cloud-native deployment within AWS cloud infrastructure using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for efficient deployment.
• Navigate ambiguity and make sound decisions in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Communicate effectively in a remote-first team spread across US time zones.

Required Qualifications

• Proficiency in English and excellent communication skills and proven success in remote work environments.
• 5+ years (7+ preferred) of recent, hands-on experience in full-stack development.
• Experience developing and maintaining commercially available SaaS applications.
• Strong proficiency in C# with ORMs (Entity Framework, PetaPOCO, or similar), Node.js, and Vue.js.
• Expertise in relational (SQL Server preferred) and NoSQL (MongoDB or similar) database modeling, optimisation, and performance tuning for scalable, loosely coupled systems.
• Solid experience designing and microservices.
• Deep experience with both Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Familiarity with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong mindset for quality and experience writing unit, integration, and functional tests.
• Proven ability to work with UX teams and implement designs effectively.
• Demonstrated success in modernising and refactoring legacy applications.
• Excellent communication skills and proven success in remote work environments.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an agile team, with limited direction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior work in porting desktop applications to web platforms.
• Experience applying domain-driven design principles - building & maintaining domain models, identifying entities and their relationships, defining service boundaries, and analysing and building design specifications from business requirements.