Hybrid Senior Software Engineer — Python, React & AWS

The Planet Group; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Part time

Job summary

The Planet Group in Charlotte, NC is seeking a senior engineer to build applications used by investment and research teams. This is a hands-on full stack role combining Python, React, and AWS with data-intensive work.

The successful candidate will help turn research ideas into reliable tools: applications that process large datasets, run analyses, test investment models, and make results useful to people making decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience building user-facing applications with React; Dash experience is useful.
• Strong AWS development experience, including cloud-hosted services and data processing.
• Experience with REST APIs, relational databases, and CI/CD practices.
• Ability to work with substantial datasets and collaborate with researchers and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Python services and React-based applications.
• Develop APIs, data workflows, and cloud applications that support research and analytics.
• Work with researchers, product partners, and other engineers to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions.
• Design for performance, security, reliability, and ease of support.
• Improve deployment pipelines and help support applications in production.
• Explore new technical approaches through prototypes and collaborative design work.

Skills

React

Python

AWS

REST APIs

CI/CD

Data processing

Dash

Job description

The Planet Group in Charlotte, NC is seeking a senior engineer to build applications used by investment and research teams. This is a hands-on full stack role combining Python, React, and AWS with data-intensive work.

The successful candidate will help turn research ideas into reliable tools: applications that process large datasets, run analyses, test investment models, and make results useful to people making decisions.