Lead Full-Stack Developer

About the role

This role is part of the Software Development & Support team within Guidehouse, a company that provides technology solutions to clients. The role involves working closely with clients, leaders, and technical teams to support projects and capability development. It also includes leading and mentoring full-stack development teams, providing technical guidance, and overseeing the implementation of complex distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree; additional four (4) years of experience is required in lieu of degree.
• A minimum of six (6) years of relevant full-stack application development experience, including at least four (4) years in leadership or architecture roles.
• A 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.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree; additional four (4) years of experience is required in lieu of degree.
• A minimum of six (6) years of relevant full-stack application development experience, including at least four (4) years in leadership or architecture roles.
• A 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.

Skills

• Python
• JavaScript
• Django
• Vue.js
• Flask
• FastAPI
• Falcon
• SQLAlchemy
• React
• Svelte
• Angular
• Microservices architecture
• API design patterns
• Containerization using Docker or Kubernetes
• Serverless computing
• Modern CI/CD practices
• AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM)

Benefits

The role comes with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, Rx, dental, vision insurance, personal and family sick time, company-paid holidays, parental leave, a 401(k) retirement plan, group term life and travel assistance, voluntary life and AD&D insurance, health savings account, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, transit and parking commuter benefits, short-term and 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, and more.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $80,000 - $120,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

The schedule for this role is typically full-time, with occasional travel up to 10%.