Lead Full Stack Developer

Summary

The Lead Full Stack Developer will be responsible for leading a small team of 6‑8 Full Stack Developers and Test Automation Engineers, collaborating with a Business Analyst and Product Lead to plan and execute agile development.

• Lead an agile team and grow them into a high-performance team.
• Hands‑on role throughout the full development lifecycle, including designing, developing, implementing, testing, maintaining and enhancing products.
• Use AI tools and technologies during the development lifecycle to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Accountable for product quality and team performance.
• Provide technical direction and mentor on efficient workflows, frameworks, templates, design and code best practices.
• Implement Agile and Dev Sec Ops  best practices to deliver quality products predictably.
• Evaluate functional/business and technical requirements and identify gaps or risks.
• Review proposed new feature development to validate feasibility and estimate effort.
• Technical expert crafting detailed application design focused on standards, performance, flexibility, scalability, and security.
• Validate proposed technical architectures and solutions.
• Monitor and analyze product performance in production, optimizing and scaling solutions.
• Evaluate product and process metrics and implement process improvements.
• Reinforce strategies, standards and architecture consistency across product teams.
• Stay abreast of emerging tools and technologies and make recommendations.
• Maintain skills through ongoing self‑directed training.
• Recommend senior management on improvement areas.
• Help application developers adopt new platforms through documentation, training, and mentoring.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of full‑lifecycle application development experience and at least 3 years using the listed technologies and AWS cloud platform.
• Experience architecting and designing solutions and decomposing them into modules.
• 5+ years experience using Agile, Dev Sec Ops , test‑driven development and other lean methodologies.
• Implementation experience with Agile project management tools (JIRA) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience developing cloud‑native solutions per industry best practices.
• Extensive hands‑on experience in JavaScript (React.js, Node.js, ES6+), API development (Graph
  
  QL/RESTful), messaging (Kafka, AWS Kinesis), serverless application development using AWS Lambda, SQL and No
  
  SQL databases, and AWS services (Lambda, S3, Dynamo
  
  DB, Kinesis, RDS, Redshift).
• Strong experience in database queries, preferably with MySQL.
• Good understanding of AI models, agentic development and RAG concepts.
• Experience using AI tools, such as Copilot and AWS Bedrock, to generate code and automate testing.
• Experience establishing source code management best practices (branching, repository structure, peer review, documentation).
• Experience establishing release management processes and standards.
• Deep understanding of industry patterns for application architecture and integration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate product demos, collect feedback and implement improvements.
• Ability to mentor junior resources, assist in technical troubleshooting, peer‑review team members’ work products and validate.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government‑issued security clearance.

• Experience in a government contracting environment with DoD and non‑DoD customers.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

The proposed salary range for this role is $155,000 to $165,000 USD.

This position requires eligibility to obtain a security clearance. The Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about security clearances can be found on the U.S. Department of State government website.

To be considered for this role, you must reside in one of the following states: CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IL, MD, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TX, VA, WV.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. Candidates currently in H‑1B status who are eligible for transfer may be considered.