Senior Full Stack Engineer

Ektello; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ektello is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer for a 10-month engagement, with strong backend in Java/Kotlin and frontend in React/Typescript. The role is remote (PST hours) with a preference for candidates in the US West coast.

You will contribute to an online marketplace for vacation rentals, collaborating across teams to scale APIs and services. The position requires 8+ years of experience, solid CI/CD practices, and a passion for social impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in software development.
• Full stack development with React/Typescript and Java/Kotlin.
• Experience designing, deploying APIs and scalable services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross functional partners to build NGO housing platform features.
• Plan long-term projects with engineering and data teams and deliver milestones.
• Identify improvement opportunities using data insights and research.
• Navigate unfamiliar codebases to enable org-specific capabilities.

Skills

8+ years experience

React/Typescript

Java/Kotlin

Tools

GraphQL

Job description

Title:

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Java & React)

Client:

Online marketplace for vacation rentals and short-term stays

Duration:

10 months with HIGH chance for extension

Location:

San Franciscos, CA (100% REMOTE - PST hours)

Contract Type:

• W2 Contract** (C2C or 1099 not available)

Top Required Skills

• Minimum 8+ years of relevant experience
• Full Stack Development - React/Typescript and Java/Kotlin. 30% front-end and 70% back-end.
• Morden Java experience is required.

The Position:

We’re looking for an experienced, full stack engineer, passionate about social impact, who can help us build our vision of a nimble global emergency response program. This role requires strong technical knowledge, hands-on software development, and seamless collaboration with many functions.

We are a small team working in an evolving space, so our engineers must be comfortable in a fluid work environment where responsibilities may change rapidly in response to sudden shifts in world events or government policy.

Duties

• Collaborate with cross functional partners on all aspects of product development Envision and develop capabilities to help NGO partners book housing on our platform, to build a global supply of free or discounted housing, and to raise donations.
• Work with the engineering and data team to plan longer term projects into deliverable milestones.
• Identify and advocate for areas of improvement through data insights and research.
• Quickly build context in unfamiliar codebases across product to enable org-specific capabilities.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years experience
• Experience designing, implementing, and deploying long term initiatives through collaboration with cross functional partners.
• Experience as a full stack developer, ideally React/Typescript and Java/Kotlin
• Solid understanding of engineering best practices, continuous integration, and incremental delivery.
• Expertise designing and scaling APIs and their backing services.
• Comfortable advocating for product improvements by leveraging data insights & user research.

Nice to Haves:

• Demonstrable interest in the social impact field.
• Familiarity with GraphQL.
• Fluency in HTML, CSS, and related web technologies.
• Demonstrated design and UX sensibilities.