
Senior Staff Software Engineer
NewtonX
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Salary
💰 $200,000 - $270,000 per year
Job Level
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
- 6+ years full-stack engineering experience
- 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
- 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
- 📊 Check your resume score for this job Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply. Check Resume Score
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
ReactPythonDjangoDjango Rest FrameworkJavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLCSSSQLUnit testing
Soft Skills
mentoringcollaborationcode reviewproblem-solvingcommitment to security