Lead Architect​/Senior Full Stack Developer - CHEC

Inside the Role

The Custom Hardware and Electronics Configurator (CHEC) team builds and maintains DTNA's proprietary web-based tool that enables Truck Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs), dealers, and internal teams to configure and validate vehicle electrical features. CHEC operates in a safety-relevant, high-complexity domain where usability, correctness, and delivery discipline are critical.

We are looking for a Lead Architect / Senior Full Stack Developer who will serve as the technical owner of the CHEC platform architecture and be accountable for overall system quality. In addition to defining frontend, backend, and Azure architecture, you will lead and govern the Automation QA strategy, ensuring CHEC meets reliability, safety, and auditability expectations for a mission-critical configuration tool.

As the technical leader of this team, you will also own our AI-augmented development strategy - defining how the team leverages AI coding assistants, establishing prompt engineering standards, and ensuring AI-generated code meets the same rigorous quality bar as human-written code.

We provide a scheduled posting end date to assist our candidates with their application planning. While this date reflects our latest plans, it is subject to change, and postings may be extended or removed earlier than expected.

Position offers a starting salary range of $117,000 - $150,000 USD

Pay offered dependent on knowledge, skills, and experience.

• annual bonus program;
• 401kcompany contribution with company match up to 6% as well as non-elective company contribution of3 - 7% depending on age;
• starting at 4 weeks paid vacation;
• 13+ calendar holidays;
• 8 weeks paid parental leave;
• employee assistance program;
• comprehensive healthcare plans and wellness programs;
• onsite fitness (at some locations);
• tuition assistance and volunteer paid time off;
• short-termand long-term disability plans.

• Own and govern CHEC's end-to-end technical architecture (React frontend, .NET APIs, backend services, data layers)
• Serve as technical authority across full-stack development and cloud infrastructure
• Define and enforce engineering standards, patterns, and best practices, including guidelines for responsible AI-assisted development
• Lead the Automation QA effort, including test strategy and tooling selection, definition of automated test coverage (UI, API, integration), and quality gates in CI/CD pipelines
• Architect and review Azure-hosted services with focus on security, observability, and scalability
• Partner with UX, Product Owners, and Application Engineering on roadmap execution
• Mentor senior and junior developers; provide technical reviews, coaching, and guidance on effective use of AI coding assistants
• Ensure traceability, auditability, and strong validation for configuration changes (safety-relevant domain)
• Define and lead the team's AI-augmented development strategy, including tooling selection (Claude Code, Git Hub Copilot, Cursor) and workflow integration
• Establish prompt engineering standards and best practices for AI-assisted code generation, testing, and architecture documentation
• Evaluate AI-generated code for quality, security, and compliance with safety-relevant domain requirements
• Continuously evaluate emerging AI tools and techniques for applicability to the CHEC platform

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• 810+ years software engineering experience
• Proven technical leadership / architect experience
• Strong full-stack expertise (React/Type Script frontend, .NET/C# backend) and hands-on QA automation leadership
• Experience with system design and architectural patterns (microservices, event-driven,…