Full Stack Software Engineer [AQ-15281]

Aquent; East Moline (IL); On-site; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent Studios partners with leading enterprises to deliver scalable, cloud-based customer-facing web applications. The role involves shaping frontend and backend features, collaborating across cross‑functional teams, and delivering high‑performing, secure solutions in a modern micro frontend and microservices environment.

You will own hands‑on development, testing, and deployment, while aligning with business goals and ensuring robust performance and reliability in a fast-paced, collaborative

Qualifications

• Proficient in ReactJS and TypeScript for modular UI components in a micro frontend setup.
• Strong NodeJS experience for RESTful APIs in microservices.
• Experience with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines and GitHub repos.
• Ability to securely consume and expose APIs across frontend and backend.
• Hands-on with AWS cloud services (ECS Fargate, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Terraform).
• Proficient in PostgreSQL databases.
• Familiar with unit/integration testing frameworks such as RTL, JUnit, Bruno.
• Experience with Playwright for automated testing.
• Knowledge of monitoring/logging tools like Datadog or CloudWatch.
• Experience working in Agile environments using Jira/Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers and tech leads to analyze requirements and implement features.
• Coordinate development efforts across teams to deliver new capabilities.
• Write, test, and deploy code delivering moderately complex functionality for key product areas.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, boosting system performance and reliability.
• Lead resolution of medium-to-difficult technical challenges and complex problems.
• Drive production issue resolutions while meeting SLAs.

Skills

ReactJS & TypeScript

NodeJS

CI/CD with GitHub Actions

API integration

PostgreSQL

Testing with RTL/JUnit/Bruno

Playwright testing

Monitoring with Datadog/CloudWatch

Agile with Jira/Confluence

Tools

GitHub Actions

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS ECS Fargate

DynamoDB

Datadog

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Aquent Studios is proud to partner with a leading enterprise in the manufacturing and technology sector, a true innovator dedicated to pushing boundaries and delivering solutions that drive progress and enhance efficiency across critical industries. This organization is at the forefront of its field, leveraging cutting-edge technologies and cloud-native services to build the future. As part of our team, you will have the unique opportunity to make a significant impact by directly shaping the user experience and business operations of a vital customer-facing web application.

Step into a pivotal role where your expertise will directly influence the success of a crucial customer-facing web application. This is more than just a development position; it’s an invitation to innovate, collaborate, and leave your mark on solutions that power essential operations. You will be instrumental in supporting and enhancing a dynamic web application, utilizing modern micro frontend architecture built with robust microservices and advanced cloud backend services. Your work will not only involve hands‑on development but also close collaboration with diverse, cross‑functional teams, ensuring a cohesive and impactful product delivery. If you’re passionate about building scalable, high‑performance applications and thrive in an environment where your contributions directly translate into tangible business value, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with engineering and tech leads to analyze requirements, prepare design specifications, and implement features.
• Integrate new functionalities and coordinate development efforts across various teams.
• Write, test, and deploy code to deliver moderately complex functionality for key product areas.
• Actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing system performance and reliability.
• Lead the resolution of medium to difficult technical challenges, applying your expertise to complex problems.
• Drive the resolution of production issues, ensuring adherence to service level agreements (SLAs).

What You’ll Bring

• Strong proficiency in ReactJS and TypeScript, with experience building modular, reusable UI components within a micro frontend architecture.
• Solid understanding of NodeJS for building RESTful APIs and backend services in a microservices environment.
• Experience with code repositories like GitHub and implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Github Actions.
• Proven ability to securely consume and expose APIs across both frontend and backend systems.
• Hands‑on experience deploying and managing applications using AWS Cloud Services, including ECS Fargate, Dynamo, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, and Terraform.
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL databases.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks for unit and integration testing, such as RTL, JUnit, and Bruno.
• Experience with automated testing tools like Playwright.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Datadog or AWS CloudWatch.
• Experience working within Agile methodologies, utilizing tools like Jira and Confluence for project management.

Client Description

Aquent Studios is a global creative studio that delivers scale, speed and efficiency to the world’s most recognized brands. We create the work that matters the most to them—work that has a real impact on their business. As an Aquent Studios team member, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the largest and most influential companies in the world, solving design challenges and extending their brands across tactic types and platforms, including digital design, UI/UX, video, motion, content, print design, web development, and more. If you want to do work that matters in a collaborative setting that values ingenuity and personal growth, you have found the right place!

Other Requirements

Compensation Range: $50-60 per hour DOE

The range provided is our reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location.