Job Openings Sr/Principal Full-Stack Engineer

About the job Sr/Principal Full-Stack Engineer

Location: Schaumburg, IL
Schedule: Full-time, flexible hours with core availability for team collaboration
Salary: $160K $220K USD

Company:
Our client is an early-stage, VC-backed startup reimagining how global supply chain stakeholders interact, trade, and access operational capacity. Through their innovative digital platform, they are building the infrastructure to bring efficiency, transparency, and liquidity to a traditionally opaque industry. With strong momentum and backing from leading investors, they are on a mission to modernize the systems that power international commerce.

Description:
Our client is seeking a highly experienced Senior or Principal Full-Stack Engineer to join their core engineering team. This is a hands-on technical leadership role ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced startup environments and wants to have a direct impact on product direction and architecture.

  • Lead the development of scalable, cloud-native applications using modern full-stack technologies

  • Architect and maintain services using microservices and event-driven design patterns

  • Design, develop, and optimize APIs (REST and GraphQL)

  • Build and deploy applications in AWS or GCP environments

  • Work with relational databases (strong SQL experience required; familiarity with NoSQL is a plus)

  • Implement and manage containerized infrastructure with Docker and Kubernetes

  • Develop solutions that incorporate event streaming tools such as Kafka or Kinesis

  • Collaborate closely with product, design, and leadership teams to translate vision into high-quality software

  • Contribute to shaping the engineering culture and best practices in a fast-growing environment

  • Programming languages used include JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, Haskell, and Python

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of full-stack development experience

  • Proven experience with cloud-native systems on AWS or GCP

  • Strong command of SQL; knowledge of NoSQL technologies is an asset

  • Solid understanding of microservices architecture and API design (REST, GraphQL)

  • Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)

  • Familiarity with event streaming systems such as Kafka or Kinesis

  • Startup experience strongly preferred

  • Bonus: Background in logistics, supply chain, or marketplace platforms


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