NewtonX

Senior Staff Engineer

NewtonX

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $225,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

DjangoJavaScriptJestPostgresPythonReactSCSSSQLTypeScript

About the role

  • Lead development of React-based UIs that are performant, scalable, and user-friendly
  • Build and maintain Python/Django REST APIs and backend services
  • Collaborate on architecture, design decisions, and code reviews
  • Maintain and improve test coverage across the stack
  • Debug, resolve technical debt, and improve code quality
  • Contribute to technology/tooling choices and best practices
  • Mentor teammates and help shape engineering processes

Requirements

  • Strong React skills — modern React (hooks, Context API), reusable component libraries, building robust web apps across multiple projects
  • Strong Python/Django expertise — Django + Django Rest Framework, designing and consuming REST APIs
  • 5+ years full-stack engineering experience
  • Solid experience in JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML, CSS/SCSS
  • Experience building scalable systems (race conditions, idempotency, backpressure)
  • Strong SQL knowledge with relational databases (postgres)
  • Unit + integration testing mindset ( Jest/React Testing Library , pytest/unittest )
  • Comfortable with Git and Agile workflows
  • A strong, demonstrable commitment to developing secure software, including the ability to identify, defend against, and mitigate common application security vulnerabilities, especially those related to the OWASP Top 10.
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation with a total comp range of 200-225k (includes base and annual performance bonus) and equity.
  • Career advancement and training opportunities.
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401k match with immediate vesting.
  • Health savings/flexible savings account, and pre-tax commuter benefits.
  • Paid time off: vacation, holidays, sick, and parental leave.
  • A diverse, collaborative, and positive culture where we invest in and celebrate each other’s success.
  • Flexible work environment with a focus on work-life balance.
  • Good vibes (happy hours, team projects, and retreats).

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
ReactPythonDjangoDjango Rest FrameworkJavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLCSSSQLUnit testing
Soft skills
mentoringcollaborationcode reviewproblem-solvingcommitment to security