Mid-Level Full-Stack Engineer, Tyk

• Solid engineering experience across frontend and backend, with:
• Experience building production React applications
• Experience building backend services/APIs in Go (or strong Go exposure alongside another typed backend language)
• Understanding of distributed systems design fundamentals and secure API design (REST and/or gRPC)
• Familiarity with Redis and MongoDB
• Experience with software engineering best practices (unit testing, code reviews, design documentation)
• Experience in applying SOLID principles and Test-Driven Development methodologies
• Very organized with exceptional attention to detail
• Strong communication skills
• Passion for continuous improvement in software delivery lifecycle
• Experience influencing product strategies through technical knowledge
• Collaborative, ownership mindset in a fully remote environment
• Security-first software development mindset
• Comfort with AI technologies and automation

Desirable

• As a Mid-Level Full-Stack Engineer (React + Go) at Tyk, you’ll be responsible for designing and building compelling solutions for our Dashboard and API Gateway products
• You’ll implement performant, accessible React frontends and reliable Go services and APIs
• You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, efficient solutions while championing continuous improvement in our software engineering lifecycle
• Contribute to solutions design for medium to high complexity problems, adhering to established solution design principles
• Contribute to distributed system designs with security-first principles, ensuring no security test defects or production leakage
• Contribute to the direction of dashboard UI development and API functionality
• Build and extend product capabilities across the stack, including React frontends and Go-based APIs (traffic routing, security, authentication, and authorization where relevant)
• Write high-quality code that satisfies user stories across React and Go services
• Implement best practice coding principles (reusable components, scalable code) on both frontend and backend
• Troubleshoot and fix issues with quality pull requests that pass tests
• Ensure adherence to software engineering processes to avoid technical debt
• Adopt continuous improvement in engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, automation)
• Practice Test-Driven Development (TDD) where it adds clear value to ensure robust, well-tested code
• Participate in and occasionally lead code reviews, providing quality feedback before approval
• Offer constructive suggestions for support when appropriate to your colleagues
• We value your perspective, if you notice potential areas for improvement in our engineering processes, feel free to collaborate with the team to develop and propose beneficial changes
• Prioritize documentation-first development, ensuring docs are written pre-code and kept current
• Meet acceptance criteria for assigned tasks before PR merges
• Fully adhere to Scrum process and Definition of Done
• Drive a culture of writing automated tests for every new feature and bug fix
• Advocate for and demonstrate TDD practices in daily development work
• Strong JavaScript foundations (ES6+, async/await, closures, event loop, modules)
• Proficient with React hooks, composition, controlled components, and context; avoid common anti-patterns
• Sensible state management (i.e Redux, context) and data-fetching patterns (caching, retries, error states)
• Performance best practices: memoization, virtualization, code-splitting, lazy loading, minimizing re-renders; use React Profiler and browser devtools
• Secure frontend practices (XSS/CSRF mitigation, CSP, input sanitization)
• Testing with Jest and React Testing Library
• Understanding of modern build tooling (Vite/Webpack), bundling, and asset delivery