Full Stack Engineering Specialist

Full Stack Engineering Specialist

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Overview

Our client is seeking a Full Stack Engineering Specialist to build and enhance both backend services and modern web interfaces supporting a real-time financial technology platform.

This role will work across the full technology stack, developing scalable backend services while also building responsive front-end applications that interact with real-time data streams. The position requires a strong backend foundation combined with experience developing modern user-facing applications.

Responsibilities Full Stack Development

• Develop and maintain backend services supporting core business workflows.

• Build and enhance responsive front-end applications that interact with backend APIs and real-time data streams.

• Design scalable services and APIs that support high-performance distributed systems.

Backend Systems

• Implement high-performance backend services responsible for transactional workflows.

• Build distributed systems leveraging Kafka, PostgreSQL, and microservices architectures.

• Develop APIs using REST and WebSocket protocols for real-time application interaction.

Front-End Engineering

• Develop modern user interfaces using contemporary web frameworks.

• Implement front-end components that process and display large volumes of real-time data.

• Optimize UI performance for high-frequency updates and responsive interactions.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and architects to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

• Participate in system design discussions and contribute to engineering best practices.

• Support monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational stability of production systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Strong backend development experience using Java

• Experience building distributed backend systems

• Experience building responsive web applications using modern frameworks

• Experience designing APIs and integrating real-time data systems

• Experience working with event-driven architectures

Preferred

• Experience with high-throughput or low-latency systems

• Experience building real-time dashboards or data-heavy applications

• Experience with WebSockets or streaming data pipelines

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