Senior Full-Stack Engineer: Build Scalable Web Apps

The Hackett Group; Mexico; Hybrid; PHP 5,552,127 - 9,253,546; Full time

Job summary

The Hackett Group is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in both backend and frontend development. You will design, develop, and maintain high-performance web applications, focusing on scalable server-side services and responsive client interfaces.

Ideal candidates have expertise in Node.js/TypeScript (NestJS) and/or Python (FastAPI/Django/Flask), REST APIs, cloud deployments on AWS, and strong knowledge of design patterns, testing, and agile

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in full‑stack development.
• Proficiency in building backend services and APIs using Node.js/TypeScript (NestJS) and/or Python (FastAPI, Django/Flask).
• Experience designing scalable, resilient services (service boundaries, data modeling, caching, messaging, observability, and performance considerations).
• Strong knowledge of SOLID principles, design patterns, and clean code practices.
• Experience applying DDD concepts (bounded contexts, aggregates, entities/value objects, domain events).
• Strong understanding of REST API design (resource modeling, versioning, pagination, error handling, idempotency, and documentation).
• Experience with OAuth2/OpenID Connect, IdP concepts, and basic cryptography (hashing, encryption, signing).
• Experience deploying applications on AWS and cloud-native patterns.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
• Unit testing expertise and automation practices.
• Agile collaboration and code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to design and implement end‑to‑end solutions, bridging frontend and backend.
• Develop robust and scalable server‑side applications, APIs, and databases using modern frameworks.
• Create responsive interfaces using React, Next.js, Angular, or Vue.js and ensure intuitive UX.
• Participate in architectural discussions and drive best practices in coding, testing, and documentation.
• Conduct and participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and collaboration.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in frontend and backend components for speed and efficiency.
• Stay updated on latest web development trends and advocate for adopting new technologies.

Skills

Full-stack development

Node.js/TypeScript NestJS

Python FastAPI Django Flask

REST API design

OAuth2/OpenID Connect

AWS

CI/CD

Unit testing

React

Angular

Vue.js

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

SOLID/Design patterns

DDD concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

NestJS

FastAPI

Django/Flask

React

Angular

Vue.js

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Git

Job description

The Hackett Group is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in both backend and frontend development. You will design, develop, and maintain high-performance web applications, focusing on scalable server-side services and responsive client interfaces.

Ideal candidates have expertise in Node.js/TypeScript (NestJS) and/or Python (FastAPI/Django/Flask), REST APIs, cloud deployments on AWS, and strong knowledge of design patterns, testing, and agile