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 protected 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 robust 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 strong 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