Fullstack Engineer

Summary

Join Propel People, an AI-powered construction recruiting platform, as a Fullstack Engineer and be part of a high-growth startup transforming how skilled trades are hired. You will own product slices end-to-end, from UX sketching to shipping and measuring results. Responsibilities include automating processes, squashing bugs, building in React and Python, extending microservices, and collaborating with stakeholders. The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of experience building SPAs in React/TypeScript, fluency in Python or strong JS/TS, and experience with AWS. The role is remote with occasional in-person connections. Propel People offers a competitive salary, incentive program, pension, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• This is a mid-level role ideal for engineers with around 3 to 5 years of hands-on development experience
• Experience building SPAs in React/TypeScript with modern state management and routing
• Fluency in Python or strong JS/TS with interest in Python Lambdas
• Comfortable writing SQL and using ORMs (SQLAlchemy/Postgres)
• Familiar with at least one backend language (TypeScript, Python, or Ruby)
• Proven history shipping in AWS (or other major cloud platforms)
• Writes tests and monitors code in production
• Startup mindset: bias for action, comfortable with ambiguity, eager to talk to users

Responsibilities

• Own product slices end-to-end: sketch UX, code, test, ship, and measure
• QA features to ensure they meet customer needs
• Automate everything—tests (GitHub Actions), Terraform modules, container builds, serverless deployments
• Quickly squash bugs and continuously tune for performance and cost
• Build daily in our React + Vite SPA (TanStack Router, React-Query, MUI Joy)
• Write clean, testable, efficient code
• Extend microservices on AWS Fargate (Twilio, third-party HR integrations)
• Instrument code with Grafana Faro, logs, and traces – monitor via dashboards you build
• Build and maintain Python Lambdas (SQLAlchemy → Postgres, S3, SQS, Cognito, SageMaker)
• Contribute across the dev lifecycle – collaborate with product stakeholders, writing tech specs & RFCs, to feature release and operations
• Build web apps and APIs in TypeScript/Python on Node.js and FastAPI (AWS-based)
• Partner with design and eng to ship features that scale with demand

Preferred Qualifications

• Serverless Framework, Terraform, or CDK experience
• CI/CD knowledge (GitHub Actions preferred)
• AWS tools like Cognito, S3 presigned URLs, SQS/SNS, Fargate
• Exposure to data /analytics tools (Grafana, Redash) or ML-powered features
• Mobile dev experience (Flutter or React Native)
• Past work integrating third-party APIs (HRIS, Stripe, Twilio, WhatsApp/Telegram APIs, etc.)

Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary, incentive program, pension, and a comprehensive benefits package
• This role is remote