Senior Full Stack Developer - Downdetector Connect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 26, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 25, 2026.
Description
The Opportunity:
As a Senior Developer, you’ll have significant autonomy to shape how some of the world’s largest telecom operators communicate with consumers and detect issues across their networks. You’ll help evolve the platform into a proactive, intelligent system built around Observe - Think - Act workflows, designing autonomous, AI-driven operations that surface insights, trigger actions, and streamline complex network processes at scale.
You’ll work across the full stack, building intuitive interfaces in React and architecting resilient Python backend systems capable of handling massive volumes of time-series telemetry. You’ll join a dynamic, experienced global product and engineering team, collaborating with specialists across mobile SDKs, cloud platforms, and large-scale distributed systems, while working directly with global customers.
If you’re excited by the challenge of building intelligent systems, solving complex data problems, and driving meaningful impact at global scale, this role offers the scope and technical depth to do your best work.
Key Responsibilities:
Full-Stack Development:Develop and maintain robust, scalable web applications using React, Redux, and modern backend frameworks.
Maintain Technical Quality:Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while conducting high-signal code reviews to elevate engineering standards.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally:Work closely with Product teams to translate emerging AI capabilities into high-performance features for our global operator clients.
Scale Data Processing:Maintain and optimize backend services capable of handling high-volume network telemetry and time-series data.
Modernize Workflows:Move the platform from reactive reporting to proactive operations by implementing systems that learn and respond automatically to network outages.
DevOps Collaboration:Partner with platform engineers to manage cloud infrastructure, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and support complex deployments to ensure system reliability.
Job Qualifications:
5 to 8 years of professional software engineering experience. Experience in mentoring or leadership.
Expert proficiency in Python (FastAPI or Django) and experience designing scalable RESTful APIs.
Proficient in React and Redux with hands-on experience building complex, data-heavy web applications.
Experience using AWS to deploy applications, including containerization (Docker) and managing CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with Kubernetes or Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) is a strong advantage.
Systems Thinker: Strong ability to break down complex manual problems into deliverable, automated technical sub-tasks.
Nice to Have:
Domain Knowledge: Understanding of network monitoring, telecommunications data, or performance testing.
Data Privacy: Experience with anonymization techniques and PII protection (GDPR).
AI Frameworks: Exposure to tools like LangChain, LangGraph, or LlamaIndex.
About
Ookla, an Accenture company, is a global leader in connectivity intelligence that brings together the trusted expertise of Speedtest®, Downdetector®, Ekahau®, and RootMetrics® to deliver unmatched network and connectivity insights. By combining multi-source data with industry-leading expertise, we transform network performance metrics into strategic, actionable insights.
Our solutions empower service providers, enterprises, and governments with the critical data and insights needed to optimize networks, enhance digital experiences, and help close the digital divide. At the same time, we amplify the real-world experiences of individuals and businesses that rely on connectivity to work, learn, and communicate. From measuring and analyzing connectivity to driving industry innovation, Ookla helps the world stay connected.
About Accenture
Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 799,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com.
Compensation Range
Ookla provides a range for the base pay. Factors that may be used to determine your actual pay may include your specific job related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location. The salary compensation for this role is £50,000 to £80,000 annually. Individual pay within the compensation range for this business unit specific role is determined based on a variety of factors including experience, scope of the role, capabilities to perform the role, education and training, as well as business and company performance.