Lead Full Stack Developer | Cincinnati, OH | Hybrid

Lead Full Stack Developer | Cincinnati, OH | Hybrid

Location:

Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. Salary: $75.00 to $80.00 per hour (W2) Duration: 12‑month contract to hire. Eligibility: U.S. Citizens or Green Card holders only, no relocation considered.

This role supports End‑to‑End Fresh team delivering technology solutions that improve the freshness of fresh foods from farm to customer.

• Lead full‑stack delivery across a React front end and Java/Spring backend services, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
• Design, build, and evolve RESTful APIs for both web and Android‑based inspection applications.
• Lead design discussions, provide application designs, and navigate a complex codebase.
• Establish and enforce best practices for API design, service resilience, data access patterns, test strategy, and documentation hygiene.
• Develop a high‑quality front‑end codebase with performance‑minded UI patterns, robust error handling, and maintainable architecture.
• Oversee developer output through code reviews and technical guidance, mentoring engineers on principles and practices.
• Partner with product leadership to plan current and future work, contributing to sequencing, estimation, and delivery predictability.
• Collaborate with architects and peer tech leads on design direction and shared platform standards.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and design artifacts to keep system knowledge current.
• Participate in analysis of the technology environment to detect deficiencies and recommend improvements.
• Promote reusable components, shared patterns, and well‑documented implementations.
• Provide support for applications and participate in an on‑call rotation.

• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including Java.
• 7+ years of experience developing RESTful APIs.
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, releasing, and evolving APIs in production.
• 5+ years of experience building modern web applications with React.
• Significant experience with the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, REST, persistence, messaging, security fundamentals).
• Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with No
  
  SQL data stores.
• 4+ years of experience with CI/CD and automated testing (unit and integration).
• Proficient in Git and Git‑based workflows.
• Experience building services on Microsoft Azure (preferred) or equivalent cloud platform.
• Experience with Docker or similar container technologies.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions with strong communication and collaboration skills in an agile team.

• Strong, recent Azure experience (architecture, deployment, monitoring).
• Experience modernizing or improving reliability and operability of a production application.
• Understanding of network and security architecture concepts, applying them pragmatically.
• Proven track record as a tech lead across UI and services (delivery, mentorship, standards).

• Health, vision, and dental insurance (single and family coverage)
• 401(k) plan (employee contributions only)

Matlen Silver is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, the presence of a non‑job‑related medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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