# Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

**Company:** [Applecart](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applecart)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $160k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, React, AWS, Infrastructure As Code, DevOps, CI/CD, Test-Driven Development, Agile, Spark, Backend Development
**Posted:** 2026-04-28

> Senior engineer building and maintaining backend services, APIs, and front-end applications on AWS. Requires 7+ years experience, strong backend skills, IaC/DevOps expertise, and technical leadership. Hybrid role in NYC.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain well-tested, scalable software for backend services, APIs, and front-end applications
- Work closely with engineers, often through pair programming, to ensure high-quality code and system design
- Mentor junior developers, sharing best practices in coding, design, and debugging
- Collaborate with Product and UX teams to refine project requirements and enhance user experiences
- Contribute to architectural discussions and technical design decisions to drive the evolution of our systems
- Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve our development practices

## Requirements
- 7+ years of professional software development experience across backend, full-stack, or infrastructure development
- Strong backend development skills, with expertise in multiple programming languages
- Experience building and deploying cloud-based applications, preferably on AWS
- Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code and DevOps best practices
- Strong technical leadership skills, leading by example in design, refactoring, testing, debugging, and troubleshooting
- Experience designing and implementing complex systems such as SOAs
- Strong computer science fundamentals and knowledge of development best practices (e.g., agile, clean code, test-driven development, CI/CD)
- Excellent technical communication skills

## Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency in Python as a primary backend language
- Experience with front-end development, particularly React
- Familiarity with data engineering tools (e.g., Apache Spark) is a plus
- Ability to provision cloud resources using infrastructure-as-code

## Compensation
- Base salary range: $160,000 - $200,000 (exclusive of annual cash bonus and equity compensation)
- Compensation package includes base salary, annual cash bonus, and generous equity compensation

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