Full Stack Developer

Company Description

Gutenberg is an integrated digital marketing communications firm headquartered in New York, with offices in the US, UK, India, and Singapore. With 21 years of experience building meaningful visibility, we help brands tell their stories with impact to their target audiences, by leveraging our expertise in Public Relations, Content, Social Media and Digital Marketing. To learn more about Gutenberg, visit us at www.thegutenberg.com.

As a Full Stack Developer, you will have the opportunity to work across markets such as US, UK, Singapore, and India and will be responsible for working on both front-end and back-end development processes. You will be responsible to design, develop, and maintain fully-fledged and functioning platforms with databases or servers.

This role comes with the responsibility to produce scalable software solutions. You’ll be part of a cross-functional team that’s responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment. If you are a self-starter, proactive, someone who looks to take initiative, and can thrive in a young, entrepreneurial environment, this role will be most suited for you, as you develop and grow your expertise multi geographically.  

Primary responsibilities include and are not restricted to the following.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

·      Partner closely with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver best-in-class user experiences.

·      Translate business and user requirements into actionable development tasks.

·      Build strong feedback loops with QA, DevOps, and project management to streamline releases.

UI/UX and Back-End Design

·       Develop intuitive and responsive user interfaces in collaboration with UX/UI designers.

·       Implement robust, scalable back-end logic aligned with project needs.

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Systems Architecture

·       Design and document modular, scalable system architectures supporting future growth.

·       Select suitable frameworks, platforms, and technologies for both front- and back-end components.

Database & Application Management

·       Develop, optimize, and maintain relational and non-relational databases to power application logic.

·       Implement efficient data storage, retrieval, caching, and indexing strategies for performance at scale.

·       Manage deployment pipelines, monitoring solutions, and troubleshooting procedures for live environments.

Agile & Development Standards

·       Adhere to agile development methodologies, participating in daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint planning.

·       Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following team-defined best practices.

·       Drive code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows.

Secure Coding Practices

·       Apply secure coding principles throughout the development lifecycle to address risks such as SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, and data leaks.

·       Conduct vulnerability assessments and remediate identified risks proactively.

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API Development & Integration

·       Design, build, and document RESTful and GraphQL APIs for both internal and external use-cases.

·       Integrate third-party APIs and services while adhering to security and scalability requirements.

·       Monitor, maintain, and optimize API performance and uptime.

Security & Data Protection

·       Implement authentication, authorization, and encryption mechanisms to guard sensitive data.

·       Monitor compliance with internal security policies and external regulations (e.g., GDPR).

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Technical Documentation

·       Author, update, and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API references, and integration guides.

·       Ensure documentation is accessible and useful to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

·       Maintain logs, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge-base articles for ongoing system support.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

We would like our ideal candidate to be someone who can demonstrate or possesses the following:

•      Masters or bachelor’s degree in Computer Science will be preferred

•       2-4 years of experience developing web and mobile applications

•      Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role

•      Familiarity with common stacks

•      Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g., HTML/ CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)

•      Experience in multiple back-end languages (e.g., Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Redux, Node.js)

•      Should have experience in developing/working with Rest APIs

•      Familiarity with databases (e.g., MySQL, Postgres, NoSQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g., Apache) and Amazon web services.

•      Excellent writing and editing skills with demonstrated experience in conceptual writing in marketing or advertising, web, product, brand messaging and promotional copy.

•      Effective communication skills to collaborate across teams, media, and clients seamlessly.

•      Ability to take initiative, learn and work without constant supervision.

•      Committed to building strong teams, looks to develop solid relationships and elicit collaboration.

•      A creative mindset

Leadership / Cultural Competencies

Although not a requirement, we are interested in candidates that have or identify with the following characteristics:

•      Is a self-starter and proactive, who looks to take initiative.

•      Does not need a lot of hand holding, and can thrive in a young, entrepreneurial environment.

•      Looks to ask questions / has a spirit of inquiry.

•      Ability to think strategically.

•      High-energy individual with strong work ethic, high expectations for performance, and who can lead by example.

•      Interpersonally savvy, relates well to people throughout the organization.

•      Committed to building strong teams, looks to develop solid relationships and elicit collaboration.