Senior Full Stack Engineer

About the role

Napoli Shkolnik is a national litigation firm seeking a Senior Full‑Stack Engineer to evolve its legal platform. You will work on greenfield products, modernize existing services, and help port Python code to Node.js while ensuring continuous availability for attorneys and staff.

Key responsibilities

• Build new products and services from scratch and extend the current system without disrupting daily users.
• Port Python services to Node.js, capturing behavior with tests before rewriting.
• Own features end‑to‑end: database schema, API, front‑end, tests, monitoring, and on‑call support.
• Maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform, including environments, networking, compute, databases, secrets, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop AI‑powered features with structured outputs, evaluation sets, and measurable accuracy.
• Collaborate directly with attorneys and staff, turning feedback into prioritized work.

Required profile

• 5+ years of professional full‑stack experience delivering production features from database to UI.
• Proactive problem‑solver who identifies and fixes issues without being asked.
• Comfortable shipping small, frequent increments and supporting them in production.
• Demonstrated initiative in starting and completing projects independently.

Required skills

• Node.js and TypeScript (production experience).
• React or comparable front‑end framework.
• PostgreSQL: schema design, indexing, query planning, migrations, transactions.
• Terraform on AWS (modules, remote state, CI integration).
• Solid AWS fundamentals: IAM, VPC, container or serverless compute, RDS/Aurora, S3, observability.
• Daily use of AI coding agents and ability to verify their output.