Full Stack / Platform Engineer

About the Role

ACA is seeking a Full Stack / Platform Engineer (Python, React, AWS) to help build and enhance our Research Compliance Solutions platform, a cloud-native SaaS solution. This role involves developing and maintaining backend services, user interfaces, cloud infrastructure, and automation frameworks. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer comfortable working across the full technology stack and will play a key role in shaping technical solutions and platform architecture.

This is a Hybrid role, 2 days a week in our Durham, NC Office (American Tobacco Campus).

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services supporting AI-powered compliance workflows, transcription, search, analytics, and user-facing applications.
• Build and enhance modern web applications using React and TypeScript.
• Develop and maintain REST APIs and microservices architecture supporting platform integrations and data pipelines.
• Build, deploy, and support containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Develop and maintain AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code practices, including AWS CDK.
• Partner with Product, Compliance, Data Science, and Engineering teams to deliver innovative platform capabilities.
• Design and optimize data storage solutions using PostgreSQL and related technologies.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and efficient software delivery.
• Contribute to automated testing and quality engineering practices using technologies such as Selenium, Playwright, and TypeScript-based automation frameworks.
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive platform scalability, reliability, and performance improvements.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the future direction of the Research Compliance Solutions platform.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and help drive architecture and design decisions across the platform.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong professional experience developing applications with Python.
• Experience building modern web applications using React and TypeScript.
• Experience developing and supporting microservices-based architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized application development.
• Experience deploying and supporting applications in AWS cloud environments.
• Experience working with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms.
• Strong knowledge of API design and development.
• Experience working with relational databases, including PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing scalable software solutions, APIs, and distributed systems in a cloud-native environment.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Experience building cloud-native SaaS applications.
• Understanding of scalable distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled applications, data pipelines, or machine learning-powered platforms.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to work across backend, frontend, cloud infrastructure, and testing disciplines.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Passion for automation, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to balance innovation with reliability in regulated environments.
• Self-motivated and comfortable working in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.

Nice to Have

• AWS CDK (TypeScript)
• Amazon EKS
• Redis or Valkey
• Selenium
• Playwright
• CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins
• Experience supporting AI, NLP, transcription, chat, search, or compliance-related platforms.
• Experience working within financial services, compliance, surveillance, or regulatory technology environments.