Senior Full Stack Developer with Node.js and React, Legacy Platform Modernization

Monterrey
Montevideo
Remote.AR
Remote.Brazil
Remote.Colombia
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Project overview

You will be involved in a modernization initiative for a large scale platform that supports business operations at significant volume and complexity. The main focus is to evolve a legacy system into a more scalable, maintainable, and future ready architecture. This initiative includes backend and frontend redesign, improvements in performance, and enhanced integrations with external services.

Team

You will work as the technical lead within a distributed engineering team that includes backend and frontend developers, quality assurance specialists, and product managers. The team collaborates across regions, uses iterative delivery practices, and relies on regular communication, architecture reviews, and shared technical decision making.

Position overview

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer and Team Lead who will contribute to a platform modernization initiative. This person will guide the migration of a legacy system built with PHP and Yii 1 to a modern architecture based on Node.js and React. The role combines hands on development with technical leadership, architectural decision making, and close collaboration with distributed engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Lead the migration of a legacy PHP and Yii 1 platform to Node.js and React
Define and communicate the target architecture for the modernized platform
Guide the engineering team through the migration process and technical decisions
Analyze the existing PHP and Yii 1 codebase and define migration strategies
Design and implement scalable backend services using Node.js
Support the design and development of frontend components with React
Build and maintain integrations with external platforms and services
Collaborate with product managers, architects, and quality assurance teams
Promote code quality, system performance, and reliability through best practices
Mentor developers, provide technical guidance, and support skills development
Contribute to the improvement of development workflows and delivery processes

Requirements

Strong commercial experience working with Node.js
Solid experience developing user interfaces with React
Strong experience with SQL databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL
Experience leading engineering teams or acting as a technical lead
Experience working with legacy system migrations
Understanding of backend architecture and API design
Experience using AI assisted development tools such as Cursor or similar
Experience working with version control using Git and collaborative workflows
Ability to work with distributed teams and communicate clearly in a remote setup

Nice to have

Experience working with PHP in production environments
Experience with the Yii 1 framework
Experience migrating monolithic applications to more modular solutions
Experience designing microservices or modular architectures
Experience working with CI and CD tools and modern delivery pipelines

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