Senior Full Stack Engineer (Python + React)

About the Position

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer (Python + React) to join our team at Lateral Group. This role is for someone who has already changed how they work because of AI, who takes a feature from spec to production end to end, and who makes good calls without waiting for every decision to be routed through someone else.

Responsibilities

• Build a real-time, AI-driven product experience end to end: the interface users interact with, the streaming layer underneath it, and the backend that keeps everything in sync.
• Move between Python/Django and React/TypeScript depending on where the problem actually lives.
• Integrate LLMs into applications that shipped and stayed shipped.
• Experience with WebSockets or other real-time, streaming architectures.
• Experience with Celery and async or background job processing.
• Solid PostgreSQL: schema design, migrations, query performance.
• A quality mindset: clean code, good documentation, thoughtful testing, on both ends of the stack.
• Strong communication and async collaboration skills, and a proactive approach to problems.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a full stack engineer, comfortable owning both sides of a feature.
• Evidence that AI has changed how you work, visible in what you've built and how you build it, not just in the tools you've tried.
• Strong, current Django and DRF experience: models, serializers, permissions, API design.
• Strong React and TypeScript experience: component architecture, state management, building real UI, not just wiring up a design.
• Hands-on experience integrating LLMs into applications that shipped and stayed shipped.
• Experience with WebSockets or other real-time, streaming architectures.
• Experience with Celery and async or background job processing.
• Solid PostgreSQL: schema design, migrations, query performance.
• A quality mindset: clean code, good documentation, thoughtful testing, on both ends of the stack.
• Strong communication and async collaboration skills, and a proactive approach to problems.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Django Channels.
• Experience with streaming chat interfaces and conversational state.

We Offer

• Real impact. You'll work on a product where the experience you build is the product, not a layer on top of one.
• An outstanding team. Talented, kind, hard-working people who care about their craft and about each other. No egos, no politics.
• Growth. You'll be supported in growing your craft and stepping into greater responsibility, at your own pace.
• A culture of excellence. No burnout, no crunch. Just high-quality work, delivered sustainably.
• Variety and stability. We're profitable, independent, and over two decades strong. Every project still brings a fresh challenge.

About the Company

Lateral Group is a profitable, award-winning design and technology company with over 20 years of experience launching bold ventures and transforming businesses. Our mission is simple: design and build great products.

Our values:

• We Have A Bias For Action & Results. We are doers - we spot the gaps, connect the dots, anticipate what’s around the corner and take action.
• We Work On Time, On Budget, On Quality. Discipline is our edge - a commitment we make to each other, to our clients, and to the standards we hold ourselves to.
• We Care Deeply. We care about our work and about each other. Care Is A Competitive Advantage.
• We Do Things Right - Because It’s the Right Thing to Do. Integrity isn’t up for negotiation. We hold the bar high even when no one’s watching.
• We Keep Improving. The best teams keep improving and we’re never done learning.
• We’re Obsessed With Agility, Not The Agile Manifesto. We don’t chase dogma or rituals - we chase momentum.
• We Take Ownership. Everyone leads something here. You will have room to run with ideas, and the trust to execute.

Locations

• Bucharest, Romania
• Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Oradea, Romania

Work Location Type

• Hybrid

How to Apply

If this sounds like fuel, we'd love to talk. Please follow the application instructions provided in the job posting.