Full Stack Engineer

AHEAD; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid company holidays

Paid time off

Paid parental and caregiver leave

Job summary

AHEAD is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to design, build, and maintain backend services using Python, integrate AI workflows, and collaborate with product and UX teams. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in software engineering, strong proficiency in API design, and familiarity with cloud-native development.

This role offers a chance to contribute significantly to enterprise digital transformation. The position also includes comprehensive benefits like medical insurance and 401(k).

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience, especially in Python.
• Hands-on experience integrating with AI services.
• Strong experience with API design and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services in Python.
• Implement AI-powered workflows and integrations.
• Collaborate with product and UX teams to deliver quality code.

Skills

Python

API design

React

Cloud-native development

Agile methodologies

Tools

AWS Bedrock

Terraform

Jira

Job description

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.

We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.

Full Stack Engineer – Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services in Python, including REST/GraphQL APIs and integrations with internal and external systems.
• Implement and integrate AI/LLM-powered workflows (e.g., RAG, agentic workflows, orchestration, prompt/guardrail patterns).
• Work across our agentic platform stack to connect services, tools, and data sources into reliable, observable workflows.
• Translate UX designs and design systems into clean, maintainable frontend code (React), wiring up APIs, state, and components.
• Collaborate with product, UX, and other engineers to break down requirements, estimate work, and deliver in iterative increments.
• Write readable, testable code with appropriate unit/integration tests and participate in code reviews.
• Help ensure engineering standards, tooling, and CI/CD practices for secure, scalable AI workloads.
• Diagnose and resolve issues across the stack (backend, integrations, and frontend behavior).
• Use agentic development for rapid quality code and stay at the forefront of AI skills.

Core Skills & Experience

Must Have

• 4+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time in Python building production services.
• Hands‑on experience integrating with LLMs or AI services (e.g., AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, AgentCore, or similar).
• Strong experience with API design and implementation (REST/JSON; GraphQL a plus).
• Solid understanding of data modeling, persistence, and integration (SQL/NoSQL, queues, event‑driven patterns, etc.).
• Working proficiency with modern frontend frameworks (React preferred; Vue/Angular acceptable with willingness to work in React).
• Ability to take Figma/wireframes/design specs and implement responsive, accessible UI using a component library / design system (e.g., Tailwind + component kits).
• Experience with cloud‑native development on at least one major cloud (AWS preferred) and containerization/orchestration concepts.
• Familiarity with secure coding practices, authentication/authorization patterns (OAuth/OIDC, RBAC), and observability (logging, metrics, tracing).
• Comfortable working in an agile environment with iterative delivery, backlog tracking (e.g., Jira), and collaboration tools.

Nice to Have

• Experience building or integrating with agentic AI workflows (multi‑agent graphs, tools, guardrails, human‑in‑the‑loop flows).
• Knowledge of event‑driven architectures, message buses, and workflow engines.
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD in cloud environments.
• Background working on platform or shared services used by multiple product teams.
• Familiarity with design systems and reusable UI component libraries (e.g., shadcn, Material).

What Success Looks Like in this Role

• Own a feature end to end: from API design and AI integration through to a functional UI, without heavy supervision on the frontend.
• Move quickly but safely, shipping incremental value while maintaining code quality, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate well with product, UX, and other engineers, and be comfortable operating in an evolving Enterprise AI platform context.

Compensation

The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On‑Target Earnings ("OTE") for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid company holidays
• Paid time off
• Paid parental and caregiver leave
• Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com for additional details.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.