Full Stack Developer

Role Overview

Full Stack Developer to build the GC Assessment Platform, replacing two legacy tools used for forest conservation assessments. You’ll work in a small team and own the end-to-end development process: infrastructure, backend, frontend, and documentation.

Key Missions & Responsibilities

• Implement the assessment platform, including:
  • Infrastructure creation
  • Backend and frontend development
• Set up authentication and access control
• Develop the backend API and build the frontend application
• Write automated tests covering implemented functionality
• Document your work

Requirements

• Ability to set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Strong independence: make sound architecture and implementation decisions based on provided product/technical specs
• Comfort writing SQL directly for PostgreSQL
• Use SQLAlchemy Core for query building (not a full ORM)
• Experience implementing authentication and role-based access control (RBAC) (ideally AWS Cognito or similar identity provider)
• Hands-on experience with FastAPI (or similar Python web frameworks)
• Proficient in React, ideally with Next.js (including SSR and client-side data fetching patterns)
• 5+ years professional full-stack experience building and shipping web applications using Python and TypeScript
• Commitment to code quality:
  • Automated tests (e.g., pytest, Jest, Playwright)
  • Maintainable code structure for future developers
• Extensive AWS infrastructure experience, ideally including EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, S3, SQS
• Experience defining infrastructure with Terraform is strongly preferred
• Experience working with legacy databases and adapting to an existing schema
• Familiar with Docker and Docker Compose for local development/deployment

Nice-to-Have

• Experience working with non-profit, research, or data-driven organizations