Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

DescriptionKforce has a client in Houston, TX that is seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to design, build, enhance, and support enterprise applications used across pricing, transaction management, supply operations, reporting, and other business-critical functions. This individual will develop scalable APIs, data integrations, and React-based web applications while supporting cloud infrastructure, production environments, and legacy application modernization. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with Python, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, containerized applications, and AWS or GCP. Experience supporting energy, utilities, commodity trading, or other high-volume transactional environments is highly preferred.Key Responsibilities* Design, build, test, and maintain scalable full stack applications and services* Develop and support RESTful APIs used for pricing, transaction management, supply operations, reporting, and system integrations* Build responsive web applications and internal control interfaces using React and JavaScript* Develop backend services and automation using Python* Design applications that process high-volume business transactions and data* Work with PostgreSQL databases, including application-level data modeling, querying, performance optimization, and troubleshooting* Create integrations that consume and process data through REST APIs, EDI, XML, CSV files, and other external sources* Develop and maintain web scraping or data acquisition solutions when required* Containerize and deploy applications using Docker and Kubernetes* Support application deployments and production environments within AWS or GCP* Implement application monitoring, alerting, logging, and operational support processes.* Troubleshoot production issues across application, database, integration, and infrastructure layers.* Contribute to disaster recovery, backup, system upgrade, and business continuity planning.Requirements* 5 or more years of professional software development experience* Strong full stack application development experience* Hands-on development experience with Python and JavaScript* Experience building modern web applications using React* Strong experience designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs* Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL in an application development environment* Experience with Docker and containerized application development* Experience deploying or supporting applications within AWS or GCP* Experience working with Linux and Windows operating environments* Understanding of application architecture, system design, and high-volume transaction processing* Experience with Git-based development and release processes* Ability to troubleshoot issues across the application, database, integration, and cloud infrastructure layers* Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skillsPreferred Qualifications:* Experience with Kubernetes* Experience with GraphQL* Experience with SQL Server* Experience building or maintaining web scrapers* Experience processing EDI, XML, and CSV data* Experience with application monitoring and observability platforms such as Datadog or comparable tools* Scripting and infrastructure automation experience* Experience with disaster recovery, database backups, infrastructure upgrades, and production support* Experience modernizing or integrating legacy applications* Experience within energy retail, utilities, natural gas, commodity trading, or a related industry* Understanding of business functions such as pricing, billing, supply, sales, transaction management, risk, and reportingJob TypeContractCompensation50 - $60