Senior Full-Stack Developer (with Business Analyst Skills)

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Full-Stack Developer (with Business Analyst Skills)

Location: Flower Mound, TX (on-site)

Type: Contract-to-hire

Experience: 5+ years

Salary: $135,000–$155,000

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're looking for a senior developer who can also sit at the table with business stakeholders. The core of this role is hands-on development in our Node.js + PostgreSQL stack — you'll spend most of your week shipping code. Beyond that, you'll partner directly with company leadership to translate goals into clearly scoped requirements and keep the team's work organized in Jira.

This is a contract role with a clear path to full-time conversion. Because of the cross-functional nature of the work, this position is fully on-site at our Flower Mound, TX office.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Build and maintain features end-to-end in our Node.js and PostgreSQL stack.

- Design schemas, write performant queries, and own technical decisions on the work you ship.

- Review pull requests, weigh in on architecture, and help maintain code quality across the team.

- Use AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar) and LLM-based workflows to accelerate development.

- Partner with executives, product owners, and other stakeholders to elicit, refine, and document requirements.

- Translate business needs into well-scoped user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specs.

- Keep the Jira backlog organized and the team aligned on priorities.

- Serve as the connective tissue between business and engineering — surfacing risks early and communicating tradeoffs clearly.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- 5+ years of professional software development experience with strong hands-on expertise in Node.js and PostgreSQL.

- Solid grasp of API design, database modeling, performance tuning, and backend best practices.

- Practical experience using AI coding tools and LLMs as part of your daily development workflow.

- Demonstrated ability to run discovery conversations with non-technical stakeholders and turn them into actionable tickets.

- Excellent written and verbal communication — you can write a clean ticket, run a productive meeting, and explain technical concepts to executives.

- Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward driving clarity rather than waiting for it.

- Based in or willing to commute reliably to Flower Mound, TX.