Full Stack Developer

Full Stack Developer (Contractor)

Engagement type

• 1099 Contractor, hourly -- billed at $50-$175/hour based on experience

Hours

• Approximately 2-8 hours per week, scaling with active project demand. Ongoing engagement with no fixed end date; start approximately 2 weeks from offer.

Reports to

• Chief Technology Officer. Remote engagement; primary systems include Lead Nexus, GitHub, and Google Cloud.

About Tropolis
Tropolis is a leading national insurance brokerage, pioneering the integration of technology and data to drive growth, enhance employee satisfaction, and provide exceptional customer service. Our mission, "Insuring Tomorrow Together," embodies our core purpose.

Our passion for insurance brokerage is evident in our partnerships with insurance agencies nationwide. Through these collaborations, we deliver superior products and services to a diverse clientele. By partnering with our capital providers and agency owners, Tropolis is revolutionizing retail insurance, expanding markets, increasing efficiency, and driving growth in a dynamic industry.

About Lead Nexus
Lead Nexus is the internal sales intelligence platform Tropolis built for its producers. It aggregates data from a range of private and public sources to give the sales team rich, actionable intelligence on prospective clients. The platform integrates with the CRM and outbound technologies and supports the marketing team's prospecting workflows. It is a core piece of how Tropolis goes to market.

Position Summary
Tropolis is seeking an experienced full stack developer to support ongoing development of Lead Nexus. The contractor will work directly with the CTO on API development, front-end improvements, and data integration projects. This is a flexible, ongoing engagement with hours that scale based on active project work -- a strong fit for a senior developer looking for a steady side engagement with interesting problems.

The right candidate is self-directed, comfortable operating without close supervision, and can move efficiently between back-end integrations, front-end polish, and data work without needing extensive ramp on each switch.

Key Responsibilities
API and back-end development

• Build and maintain API endpoints and back-end services that power Lead Nexus
• Integrate additional data sources from both private vendors and public sources into the platform
• Work with varied integration patterns including REST APIs, webhooks, JSON, and CSV-based feeds

Front-end and user experience

• Implement front-end enhancements that improve usability, workflow, and producer adoption
• Build and maintain React components against existing patterns in the codebase

Collaboration and delivery

• Work with the CTO to scope, prioritize, and ship incremental improvements
• Write clean, maintainable code with appropriate documentation and tests where they earn their keep
• Use GitHub for branch-based development, pull requests, and code review

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of professional full stack development experience
• React -- building and maintaining modern front-end components
• Python -- back-end development and data integration work
• SQL (Postgres and BigQuery) -- comfort writing queries and working with both transactional and analytical data stores
• Google Cloud Platform -- working knowledge of core GCP services
• Comfortable working with minimal supervision and self-directing within scoped projects

Our stack and tools

• GitHub -- source control, code review, and project collaboration
• Claude -- actively used across the engineering workflow; comfort working alongside AI coding tools is a plus

Nice to have

• Experience integrating third-party APIs and handling varied data formats (JSON, CSV, webhooks)
• Prior work on sales intelligence, lead enrichment, or CRM-adjacent platforms
• Insurance or financial services industry exposure

Terms and requirements
This engagement is structured as a 1099 contractor relationship, billed hourly at $50-$175/hour based on experience. Hours are approximately 2-8 per week, scaling with project demand. Start date is approximately 2 weeks from offer; the engagement is ongoing with no fixed end date.

• All work product and IP is assigned to Tropolis
• Background check required prior to start
• NDA required prior to receiving access to systems or code