Full-Stack Software Engineer (Contract)
West500 Partners · Kent, WA
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Jul 16, 2026
Kent, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract full-stack engineering role building features across the entire stack of a SaaS platform used by hardware engineering and manufacturing teams. Day-to-day work spans event-driven backend services, React frontend components, database work in Postgres, and CI/CD contributions, all written primarily in TypeScript with GraphQL and Next.js. Suits an early-to-mid career engineer comfortable working across both UI and backend in a startup-influenced environment.
Mid level · 1+ years · Remote · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 27,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 16,200–40,500
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is a contract-to-hire engagement ('contract opportunity with potential to go FTE').
Remote is available but restricted to specific US states: California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington. Candidates in the Greater Seattle area would work in a hybrid-remote arrangement.
ITAR compliance is a hard gate: candidates must be US Citizens or Green Card Holders.
The Bachelor's degree in CS or related field is listed under the 'Ideal candidate' framing, which reads as preferred rather than a hard requirement — the degree requirement is set to None accordingly.
The 1–3 years experience range is stated under the 'Ideal candidate' section but is the only experience signal in the posting; the overall years minimum is set to 1 (the lower bound of that range).
CI/CD and containerization appear in narrative/role-description context rather than a formal requirements block, so they are treated as preferred.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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