About the Role

We're looking for a full-stack developer who can own a product end-to-end — from writing the frontend UI, to building backend APIs, to deploying, securing, and maintaining the infrastructure it runs on. This is not a typical full-stack role: you'll also be responsible for the servers, deployments, and production uptime, functioning as a hybrid developer + DevOps engineer.

Responsibilities

• Build responsive, accessible user interfaces using React/Next.js, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript
• Implement authentication flows and user dashboards
• Design and build REST/GraphQL APIs using Node.js/NestJS, Python (FastAPI/Django), or equivalent
• Implement authentication, authorization, and security best practices across frontend and backend
• Build and manage background jobs, queues, webhooks, and third-party API integrations
• Design and maintain PostgreSQL/MySQL schemas, write migrations, and optimize queries
• Manage Redis for caching, sessions, and queues
• Own backups and disaster recovery for databases
• Provision and manage servers on AWS/Azure/GCP
• Administer Linux servers, configure Docker containers, and manage Nginx/reverse proxies
• Manage DNS, domains, and SSL certificates
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/GitLab CI) for automated deployments
• Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting for production systems
• Handle scaling, performance tuning, and capacity planning
• Apply server/security updates and patch management
• Manage environment variables and secrets securely
• Implement API authentication and rate limiting
• Set up and maintain cron jobs
• Debug and resolve production issues, including outages, in a timely manner
• Monitor uptime and respond to incidents
• Update dependencies and libraries without breaking production

Requirements

Frontend

• Strong command of HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Hands-on experience with React and/or Next.js
• Experience building responsive UIs and auth-protected dashboards

Backend

• Proficiency in Node.js/NestJS, Python (FastAPI/Django), or a comparable framework
• Experience designing REST and/or GraphQL APIs
• Solid understanding of authentication, authorization, and API security
• Experience with background job processing, queues, and webhook handling

Database

• Strong SQL skills (PostgreSQL and/or MySQL)
• Experience with Redis
• Comfortable with schema design, migrations, backups, and query optimization

Hosting & DevOps

• Working experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Linux server administration
• Docker containerization
• Nginx or similar reverse proxy configuration
• DNS/domain management and SSL certificate setup
• CI/CD pipeline experience (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar)
• Comfortable setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting tools
• Experience with backup strategies and disaster recovery planning

Production Ops

• Track record of deploying and maintaining live APIs
• Experience managing secrets/environment variables securely
• Familiarity with rate limiting and API abuse prevention
• Ability to debug production incidents calmly and methodically
• Comfortable being on-call or first responder for outages

Nice to Have

• Experience with GraphQL
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes/ECS)
• Prior experience in an early-stage startup or as a solo full-stack owner

What We're Looking For

Someone who doesn't just write code but thinks about what happens to that code in production — uptime, security, cost, and scale. You should be equally comfortable debugging a React component and SSH-ing into a server at 2 AM to fix an outage.