Fullstack Engineer

Are you inspired by the chance to help develop a business and make a difference in the research community? If so, this new role offers a unique opportunity. We are a technology-driven company focused on restoring trust in research. Our technology supports researchers, publishers, and institutions through tools and infrastructure designed to analyse the credibility of research outputs. We’re seeking a driven, self-motivated, and outgoing individual to help us accelerate the development of our products.

We’re looking for a Full-Stack Engineer to join us and help us accelerate the development of our products. This individual will work closely with co-founders and lead engineering efforts across both backend and frontend systems, and supporting devops and data-oriented tasks as needed.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to backend development using Python (Flask framework)
• Maintain and expand our Typescript/React frontend
• Build and maintain Dockerized services deployed in AWS using EKS
• Troubleshoot and optimize application performance
• Support data ingestion and transformation pipelines as needed using Spark
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving live production bugs and outages quickly
• Work cross-functionally with product and data functions to deliver new features and maintain existing functionality

Essential Qualifications

• Proven experience as a full-stack engineer, with a strong Python (ideally having used Flask before) and React background
• Comfortable working in AWS-hosted environments (with EKS)
• Proficiency in Git-based development workflows
• Experience working independently and communicating effectively in distributed teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity (or desire to learn) with:
  • Apache Spark (EMR) and Delta Lake
  • Kubernetes (EKS)
  • PostgreSQL (Aurora)
  • CI/CD (Github Actions) and IaC (Helm, CloudFormation)
  • Monitoring (Sentry)
• Domain knowledge or interest in:
  • Scholarly publishing
  • Citation networks
  • Academic or research technology ecosystems