Senior Full-Stack Developer Lead

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Full-Stack Developer Lead who combines deep technical craftsmanship with the ability to guide and grow a small team of developers. This is a hands-on leadership role — you will spend the majority of your time writing and reviewing code, but you will also own team delivery, set engineering standards, and be the person developers turn to when they're stuck or need direction.

You will lead end-to-end delivery of modern customer-facing applications — portal, quoting, and ordering — built on a focused modern stack and shipped at high velocity without sacrificing quality or security. You bring a strong architectural mindset, genuine fluency with AI-assisted development tools, and the instinct to build systems and teams that last.

Core Responsibilities

• Hire and Lead a small team of 2–4 developers: set clear expectations, run sprint planning, and own team delivery commitments
• Actively mentor developers through code reviews, pairing sessions, and regular 1:1s — invest in their growth, not just their output
• Unblock the team quickly: resolve ambiguity, make decisions, escalate when needed, and protect focus time
• Conduct meaningful code reviews that teach — explain the why behind feedback, not just what to change
• Identify skill gaps on the team early and address them through coaching, pairing, or structured learning
• Lead application-level architecture decisions: data modeling, API design, integration patterns, and component boundaries
• Design versioned, secure APIs (/api/v1/...) and define conventions the wider team can follow consistently
• Evaluate build-vs-integrate tradeoffs and document decisions as lightweight ADRs that create shared understanding
• Identify scalability and reliability risks early, drive solutions before they become incidents, and communicate trade-offs clearly to stakeholders
• Translate product requirements into technical designs the team can execute with confidence
• Remain a productive individual contributor — deliver complete features end-to-end: UI → API → database → integration
• Implement server-side authorization (RBAC/ABAC) and enforce data isolation via Row-Level Security (RLS)
• Build resilient integrations with webhook signature verification, retry logic, and idempotency
• Write meaningful tests — unit coverage for business logic and Playwright E2E for critical user flows
• Instrument Sentry and structured logging with correlation IDs so production is always observable
• Use Cursor or Claude Code as your primary coding environment and model effective AI-assisted development for the team
• Apply AI tooling with judgment: review, challenge, and own everything the team ships, regardless of how it was generated
• Define team norms around responsible AI-assisted development — what to accelerate, what to scrutinize
• Stay current on AI tooling advances and bring relevant improvements to the team's workflow
• Own the quality bar across the team — PR reviews, test coverage, security gates, and deployment readiness
• Drive shared standards: API conventions, authorization helpers, UI component patterns, and documentation
• Support production reliability through runbooks, on-call leadership, and blameless post-incident reviews
• Champion security-first thinking: enforce Snyk gates, CSP headers, secrets hygiene, and dependency discipline

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of production experience with React and TypeScript in complex, customer-facing applications
• Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring a team of developers — setting standards, running reviews, and owning delivery
• Strong Next.js experience (App Router preferred) or equivalent modern SSR framework
• Proven track record making application architecture decisions — data modeling, API design, integration patterns
• Solid Postgres fundamentals: schema design, indexing strategy, query performance, and RLS
• Proven ability to build and secure server-side APIs with proper authorization enforcement
• Experience integrating third-party systems via REST APIs and webhooks at production scale
• Testing discipline — unit tests for logic, E2E coverage for critical paths
• Comfortable with AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent) as a core part of your daily workflow
• Strong written and verbal communication — you can explain technical decisions to both developers and non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision)
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA) – includes employer contributions.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k) – Traditional and Roth
• Stock Options
• Open Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Potential Relocation Assistance
• Flexible schedule – including hybrid possibilities
• Company Paid Lunch on Fridays
• Community Give-back Opportunities