Full Stack Developer - Riverwoods, IL

Job Title:Full Stack Developer
Location:Riverwoods, IL
Duration:Long-term Contract (12/01/2025 – 06/13/2026)
Work Eligibility: US Permanent Eligibility to Work Required
Pay Type:W2 Only

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Full Stack Developer to join our dynamic team in a fast-paced, complex business environment. The ideal candidate will play a key role in the modernization of enterprise-level applications, ensuring observability, scalability, resiliency, and speed of delivery—all while maintaining the highest standards of quality within our payments ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable full-stack applications using modern technologies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architects, product managers, and QA to deliver robust software solutions.
• Implement cloud-native and microservices-based architectures to enhance performance and maintainability.
• Ensure applications meet business requirements for high availability, security, and compliance.
• Leverage DevOps practices for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Contribute to improving observability through metrics, logging, and monitoring solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and mentor junior developers to maintain development best practices.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in full-stack software development.
• Strong proficiency in Java / Spring Boot and JavaScript / TypeScript frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue).
• Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs, Microservices, and Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience working with Relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of payment systems or financial transaction platforms is highly desirable.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with observability tools (Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus).
• Background in Agile development methodologies.
• Exposure to event-driven architecture (Kafka or RabbitMQ).