Full Stack Software Engineer Python, React
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17 hours ago
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Job Summary
Hypebeast is a leading global platform for contemporary culture and lifestyle and a premier destination for editorially-driven news and commerce. Founded in 2005 it became a publicly listed company in 2016 and today boasts a global readership across North America Asia Pacific Europe and more. The Group has expanded its publishing brands to a wider scope encompassing Hypebeast and its multiple content distribution platforms creative agency Hypemaker and e-commerce and retail platform HBX.
Were hiring a Mid-Senior Full Stack Engineer to work across multiple domains and products - most commonly our content platform personalisation and discovery experiences internal systems and AI-driven workflows.
This role is built for someone who adapts quickly works well with diverse stakeholders and can own outcomes end-to-end.
Core Stack:
- Backend: Python (FastAPI)
- Frontend: TypeScript JavaScript React ( and other modern framework)
Responsibilities:
- Ship full stack features across multiple initiatives (design build release operate).
- Build and maintain services in Python/FastAPI with clear API contracts and strong reliability.
- Build modern UI in TypeScript/React with attention to performance and UX quality.
- Contribute to our content platform / CMS capabilities and workflows.
- Develop AI agents and automation workflows that improve our user product and business operational efficiency.
- Develop and iterate on personalisation discovery and search logic (e.g. rules/strategies ranking signals experimentation support) in collaboration with product and data partners.
- Build and maintain internal solutions/systems that support teams across the organization.
- Own quality: you write tests validate edge cases and ensure your changes are production-ready.
- Troubleshoot and respond to production issues when needed.
Requirements:
- 2 years shipping production full stack features.
- Solid skills in Python (FastAPI or similar) and React with TypeScript ( or similar).
- Strong working knowledge of PostgreSQL Redis or similar (schema design query performance).
- Comfort working across multiple codebases and domains; you ramp up quickly.
- Own quality end-to-end: define test plan implement automated tests and verify changes before release.
- High autonomy: you proactively clarify requirements propose solutions and drive delivery with stakeholders.
- Strong English communication (spoken and written). Cantonese is a plus.
Nick to have:
- Experience with search/discovery systems (keyword search ranking relevance tuning).
- Experience with personalization experimentation feature flags or analytics instrumentation.
- Practical experience building AI assistants/agents with guardrails and measurable outcomes.
- Experience with cloud platforms and CI/CD.
- Effective use of AI coding agents to amplify output while maintaining engineering quality.
Additional information:
- The team is lean successful candidates are highly self-directed.
- Outcome-driven: coding is baseline; youre measured on shipped business impact.
- Stakeholder-facing: youre comfortable collaborating directly with product editorial operations and engineering partners.
- Flexible & pragmatic: you choose the right level of engineering rigor based on risk scope and timelines.
If you think youve got what it takes please provide your cover letter CV and expected salary.
This position is based and located in Hong Kong. Candidate must be eligible to work in Hong Kong.
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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- APIs
- Docker
- Jenkins
- REST
- Python
- AWS
- NoSQL
- MySQL
- JavaScript
- Postgresql
- Django
- GIT
About Company
HYPEBEAST was launched in January 2005 as a one-stop news source for internet-savvy fashion enthusiasts. Frustrated with having to browse multiple sites to keep up with the latest information, the creation of HYPEBEAST allowed for the latest news to be broadcasted through one specific ... View more
