Full-Stack Web Apps Engineer (Cloud/API)

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 73,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Alabama at Birmingham seeks an Applications Engineer with strong full‑stack capabilities to design, build, and maintain RESTful services and backend components. The role emphasizes JavaScript/TypeScript, API integration, and cloud deployment using Azure DevOps.

The candidate will work across frontend and backend layers, implement automated tests and pipelines, and participate in Agile/Scrum processes to deliver reliable software in cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related field.
• Experience building both client-side and server-side web components using modern web technologies.
• Experience designing modular APIs using service-oriented/microservice patterns.
• Proficiency with relational databases and SQL; familiarity with NoSQL is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful web services and backend components.
• Build and maintain UI components and integrate frontend with backend APIs.
• Develop automated build, test, and deployment pipelines (CI/CD).
• Deploy and monitor cloud-hosted environments using Azure DevOps and related tools.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum workflows for task tracking and collaboration.

Skills

RESTful APIs

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cloud platforms

Backend development

JSON data exchange

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

University of Alabama at Birmingham seeks an Applications Engineer with strong full‑stack capabilities to design, build, and maintain RESTful services and backend components. The role emphasizes JavaScript/TypeScript, API integration, and cloud deployment using Azure DevOps.

The candidate will work across frontend and backend layers, implement automated tests and pipelines, and participate in Agile/Scrum processes to deliver reliable software in cloud environments.