[Remote] Full Stack Developer III (Independent Contractor)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Policy Reporter is a company that offers insights products and consulting services to enhance market access strategies. They are seeking a Full Stack Developer III who will provide technical leadership, work on both front-end and back-end tasks, and contribute to project goals while collaborating with various teams. Responsibilities • Provide technical leadership to the team. Including, but not limited to: • Code reviews • Code guidance, mentorship on software development best practices as needed • Proactively identify roadblocks, analyze situations, coordinate troubleshooting and problem-solving activities, ensure proper follow up for post-incident analysis are completed and implement necessary process improvements • Contribute to projects to achieve project goals with a mix of front-end and back-end code dependent on the specific project • Work towards departmental goals and objectives like improving accuracy of technical project estimates, improving critical test coverage, and overall code quality • As a project's technical lead, collaborate with teams outside of Engineering to ensure that all stakeholders understand project goals, requirements and realistic timelines Skills • 5+ years building a variety of web applications • Experience working with React, webpack and other modern web development tool chains • Strong competency with the React framework on both greenfield and brownfield projects • Writes tests early on and values decoupled easily testable code • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering discipline or equivalent experience • Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills • Knows how to structure applications for long term maintenance and ongoing flexibility • Great communication skills (written and verbal), and be a fast learner • Strong understanding of common web exploits with knowledge on how to prevent them • Experience writing and reading RESTful APIs • Experience with using AI Tools like Cursor AI or Amazon Q/Kiro • Very comfortable with PostgreSQL Company Overview • Policy Reporter by Valeris is an industry-leading service that provides business intelligence to the medical industry. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job