Modernize an established Django and React web application while paying down technical debt
Ship smaller, self-contained custom solutions directly to customers and own delivery end-to-end
Co-define target technical patterns with the team
Write design documents and run technical demos to align stakeholders before implementation
Sequence product behaviors into backend and frontend implementation with accurate complexity estimates
Design and ship self-contained customer solutions
Investigate and validate datasets using SQL and metrics to ground design decisions
Lead modernization efforts by migrating legacy code into modern patterns
Upgrade core frameworks and retire end-of-life dependencies
Decompose oversized modules
Reduce technical debt incrementally alongside ongoing product work through safe refactoring
Requirements 3–5 years building and maintaining production web applications
Genuine depth in backend (Django/Django REST Framework, Python) or frontend (React, including React Query, TypeScript), with working competence in the other
Fluency with AI-assisted development workflows and AI coding agents
Ability to use SQL, queries, metrics, and models to investigate datasets and validate results
Technical writing and design skills, including design documents, diagrams, and clear reasoning
Experience building and deploying on a cloud stack; GCP preferred
Experience with serverless services such as Cloud Run or Cloud Functions, service-to-service authentication, and cloud deployment pipelines
Working understanding of RBAC, SSO, MFA/2FA, IAM,
and tier-based gating
Comfortable modernizing a live codebase within an existing code-review and agile process
Organized and process-oriented, with a strong grasp of the SDLC
Experience with CI/CD, API telemetry/monitoring, and database design/denormalization
Advantageous: technical demonstrations leading to technology adoption
Advantageous: led or played a key role in designing a shipped project/system
Advantageous: major framework version upgrades or large-module decomposition on a live production codebase
Advantageous: AI/LLM product feature development
Advantageous: Terraform, Kubernetes, and Helm
Core Competencies Demonstrates expertise in modernizing web applications using Django and React, with a solid focus on technical debt reduction and cloud deployment. Proficient in SQL for data validation and technical writing for design documentation.
Highest-signal resume keywords Django/Django REST Framework
React Development
SQL Data Validation
Cloud Deployment (GCP)
CI/CD Implementation
ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills Python
TypeScript
AI-Assisted Development
Database Design
Service-to-Service Authentication
RBAC
SSO
MFA/2FA
Agile Methodologies
Technical Writing
Soft Skills Organized
Process-Oriented
Strong Grasp of SDLC
Industry Keywords Technical Debt
API Telemetry
Monitoring
Legacy Code Modernization
Design Documents
Tools & Technologies Cloud Run
Cloud Functions
Terraform
Kubernetes
Helm