Lead Full Stack Developer

Lead Full Stack Developer
Position Location:
Preferred: Pittsburgh, PA, 15222
Secondary: Strongsville, OH, 44136 / Dallas, TX, 75234 / Birmingham, AL, 35233 / Phoenix, AZ, 85016

Pay Rate: $65 to 75/hr. on W2 ONLY

Potential to start as hybrid as contractor and move to fully in office requirement upon FTE conversion.

Length of Assignment: 6 Months Contract to Hire role

Function of the Group: Revenue Support
Industry background: Financial background is a plus.

Roles and Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership: Lead the design and development of end-to-end application features across backend services (Java 21) and frontend applications (Angular).
Own architecture decisions spanning APIs, UI state management, performance, security, and scalability.
Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and best practices across both backend and frontend stacks.
Backend Responsibilities (Java):
Design and implement backend services using Java (17/21+), Spring Boot, and related Spring frameworks.
Build and maintain RESTful APIs and service integrations consumed by Angular frontends.
Lead backend architecture using microservices, event driven designs, and cloud native patterns.
Frontend Responsibilities (Angular):
Lead development of frontend applications using Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, and modern component based architecture.
Design responsive, accessible, and performant UI components aligned with UX and product requirements.
Define frontend architecture including state management, routing, lazy loading, and API consumption.
Quality, Testing & Reliability: Promote automated testing across the stack, including: Backend: unit, integration, and contract tests (JUnit, Mockito). AND Frontend: unit and component tests (Jasmine, Karma, Jest).
Champion observability using structured logging, metrics, and tracing across frontend and backend.
Ensure applications are secure, resilient, and production ready with proper validation, error handling, and monitoring.
DevOps & Deployment Collaboration:
Support CI/CD pipelines for both UI and backend components.
Partner with DevOps on Docker/Kubernetes deployments, environment configuration, and release processes. Ensure frontend and backend artifacts are versioned, deployed, and monitored consistently. Participate in production support, incident reviews, and reliability improvements.
Team Leadership & Mentorship:
Mentor engineers across frontend and backend disciplines, promoting full stack skill growth. Lead technical design reviews and code reviews across Java and Angular codebases. Encourage knowledge sharing and establish best practices for full stack development. Support hiring and onboarding of full stack engineers through interviews and guidance.
Collaboration & Delivery:
Work closely with product managers, UX designers, QA, and platform teams.
Drive sprint planning, estimation, and timely delivery of full stack features.
Communicate technical decisions, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to stakeholders.
Balance hands on development with leadership responsibilities.

Must Have Technical Skills:
1. Java 21/Spring,
2. Angular/React,
3. Oracle,
4. No-SQL DB,
5. Kafka,
6. DevOps CI/CD,
7. Git,
8. Prior Client Experience HIGHLY PREFERRED.

Flex Skills/Nice to Have: Flowable or any BPMN

Education/Certifications: Bachelor degree or equivalent work experience.

Interview Process: First Round: Panel (2-3) Reserve the right to hire without a second round " Second Round: Single Tech Lead

Hiring Manager Stack Ranking of Importance (Most Important to Least Important): 1. Skills 2. Location 3. Prior Client Experience 4. Rate