Platform Engineer

Overview Our client is building a governance, privacy, and AI compliance platform for regulated organizations. They already have a working MVP and are now scaling into production pilot deployments and an enterprise-ready phase. They’re looking for a full-stack engineer who can own product UI delivery (dashboards, workflows) while also contributing to platform hardening, integrations, and upcoming migrations. What You’ll Do • Product & UI (Primary) • Build and maintain the web app: React dashboards, workflow screens, configuration/admin interfaces • Deliver high-quality UX: responsive layouts, consistent UI patterns, accessibility basics, and performance tuning • Implement interactive data experiences: charts, tables, filters, drilldowns, exports

• APIs & Integrations (Core) • Integrate with REST APIs and external services: auth flows, request/response mapping, error handling, retries, timeouts • Contribute to API design patterns: consistency, pagination, versioning, idempotency, rate-limit awareness • Build/maintain integration-heavy workflows: webhooks, event-driven patterns, background processing (where applicable)

• Enterprise Readiness (Strategic) • Support platform hardening: auditability, reliability, security posture, operational readiness • Contribute to data layer evolution and migration planning (e.g., MongoDB → PostgreSQL): schema thinking, migration strategy, integrity and performance considerations • Support cloud migration readiness (AWS/Azure): environment management, secrets, deployments, observability basics • Assist with edge/security tooling where relevant (e.g., Cloudflare or equivalent)

Must-Have Skills (Non-Negotiable) • Strong React experience shipping SaaS product UI (dashboards/workflows), modern hooks patterns • Strong JavaScript (ES6+) and professional engineering practices (Git, PRs, reviews) • Confident integrating REST APIs in production: auth patterns (JWT/OAuth-style), robust loading/error states, retries/timeouts, defensive programming, edge case handling • Solid UI engineering capability: componentization, responsive CSS, UI consistency and polish • Good backend fundamentals: can read/write server code, reason about data models, and collaborate on API contracts • Strongly Preferred TypeScript (or strong willingness to work in a TS migration) • Experience with a modern backend runtime (Node.js/Express preferred; similar acceptable) • Data-heavy applications: charts, analytics, reporting, admin tooling • Database competence: SQL fundamentals (PostgreSQL preferred), schema/index basics, query performance awareness; familiarity with MongoDB/document modeling concepts • State/data fetching patterns: React Query / TanStack Query (or equivalent) • Testing discipline: unit/integration testing (Jest/RTL; Playwright/Cypress a bonus) • CI/CD familiarity and environment separation (dev/stage/prod) Nice to Have • Experience with NoSQL → SQL migrations (Mongo → Postgres or similar) • Cloud exposure: AWS or Azure (deployments, secrets, basic networking concepts) • Observability awareness: logging/metrics/tracing and debugging production issues • Cloudflare (or similar): CDN/WAF, basic edge/security controls • Multi-tenant SaaS patterns (tenant isolation, tenancy-aware auth, data partitioning) • Docker fundamentals Experience Level They want someone who can operate with ownership and ambiguity. Ideal profile: 5–8+ years engineering experience (or equivalent capability). Has shipped production SaaS UI and handled integration-heavy work. Comfortable making pragmatic architecture decisions and improving an existing codebase. What Success Looks Like (First 90 Days) • Take ownership of core UI surfaces and ship meaningful dashboard/workflow improvements • Improve API integration quality (error handling, data transformations, reliability patterns) • Contribute to an enterprise readiness plan: API consistency, security basics, operational hard