Lead Full Stack Software Engineer (New Application & AI Development)

About the role

We are a public-sector organization focused on modernizing technology and building innovative applications that support essential services. Our technology team is working to transform legacy systems while developing modern, scalable solutions using today’s leading technologies.

Join a collaborative technology team working on meaningful modernization initiatives with real-world impact. You’ll have the opportunity to build new applications, modernize existing systems, work with modern cloud and AI technologies, and contribute to projects used across a large organization.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain production applications using React and React Native on the frontend, Python on the backend, SQL/Azure SQL for data management, and Microsoft Azure for cloud services and hosting.
• Remain hands-on with development and deliver production-quality code and complex technical solutions.
• Own solutions end-to-end, from requirements gathering and technical design through implementation, deployment, and ongoing support.
• Develop new applications and capabilities aligned with evolving business needs.
• Write clean, scalable, secure, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues involving performance, reliability, integrations, security, and scalability.
• Lead modernization efforts across a portfolio of approximately 40 legacy and existing applications.
• Evaluate applications and recommend whether they should be refactored, re-platformed, rebuilt, consolidated, or retired.
• Define appropriate technology stacks, architectures, Azure services, and hosting models.
• Lead migrations from legacy technologies, including ColdFusion, to modern cloud-native solutions.
• Design solutions that fully leverage Azure capabilities rather than simply relocating legacy systems to the cloud.
• Assess dependencies, integrations, databases, security requirements, scalability needs, performance considerations, and technical debt.
• Partner with infrastructure and cloud teams to establish scalable, secure, and maintainable Azure environments.
• Lead architecture and technical design efforts for new applications, modernization initiatives, and major enhancements.
• Design and deploy solutions using technologies such as Azure Container Apps, App Service, Azure SQL, Entra ID, and related Azure services.
• Evaluate hosting strategies based on scalability, security, maintainability, performance, and cost.
• Develop and maintain architecture, design, integration, and deployment documentation.
• Implement and support Infrastructure as Code using Bicep where appropriate.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and cloud services.
• Contribute to the design and development of AI-enabled applications, features, and proof-of-concept initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to integrate AI into existing and future solutions.
• Utilize Claude Code and Claude CI as part of modern engineering workflows.