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Lead Full-Stack Developer
Location
Texas
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$92K - $153K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Lead Full-Stack Developer
Guidehouse
• Work closely with clients, leaders, solution architects, and technical and functional leads across Guidehouse teams and market segments to support client projects, growth initiatives, and capability development. • Serve as a key member of the modernization team, leading and mentoring full-stack development teams while providing technical guidance and architectural oversight for innovative solution prototypes using cloud architectures and modern software technologies. • Lead solution architecture and hands-on full-stack engineering for scalable, secure distributed systems using modern programming technologies, AWS-native services, microservices architecture, containerization, and API-first design patterns. • Collaborate with user experience designers, platform engineers, product owners, solution architects, business analysts, and full-stack development teams to design, build, test, and deploy high-value, operationally resilient software products on AWS that meet functional and non-functional requirements. • Define application architecture standards, design patterns, and development best practices across teams; establish architectural roadmaps for complex modernization projects; and ensure alignment with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles. • Lead technical decision-making, oversee implementation of complex distributed systems, and provide escalation support for challenging technical issues while managing timelines, resource allocation, and technical deliverables across multiple concurrent initiatives. • Guide proof-of-concept development and technical demonstrations to validate solution strategies, and lead solution architecture efforts for RFPs, technical proposals, and thought leadership initiatives.
Job Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree; Additional four(4) years of experience is required in lieu of degree.
- Minimum of six (6) years of relevant full-stack application development experience, including at least four (4) years in leadership or architecture roles.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience developing, building, or modernizing applications on AWS.
- Experience leading teams and implementing frontend and backend services for cloud-native software products and solutions using technologies such as Python, JavaScript, Django, and Vue.js.
- Expert proficiency in Python and JavaScript, with proven experience leading teams of five or more developers.
- Django experience is preferred; experience with Flask, FastAPI, Falcon, or SQLAlchemy may be considered as an alternative.
- Vue.js experience is preferred; experience with React, Svelte, or Angular version 1.6 or higher may be considered as an alternative.
- Proven ability to work independently while leading, mentoring, collaborating with, and supporting team members to solve complex technical problems across multiple concurrent projects.
- Proven ability to architect software products and solution prototypes, establish technical standards, validate solution strategies, and explain the tradeoffs of complex design alternatives to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with microservices architecture, API design patterns, containerization using Docker or Kubernetes, serverless computing, and modern CI/CD practices for enterprise-scale applications.
- Familiarity with the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) and proven design patterns, such as Model-View-Controller, Circuit Breaker, and Event-Driven patterns, is required.
- Candidates must also be able to design and build cloud-based software products that align with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role and associated government clearance requirements, candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (Green Card holders) to be eligible for consideration.
- Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
- Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
- Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Care.com annual membership
- Employee Assistance Program
- Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
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