Lead Full Stack Developer

Job Description

Job Description

Lead Full Stack Developer

Location: Basking Ridge, NJ

Role Overview

As the Lead Full Stack Developer, you will serve as both a hands-on contributor and technical lead. You will take ownership of architecture, design, development, deployment and performance of critical systems spanning front-end and back-end. You will guide a team of engineers, define best practices, shape the microservices and micro-frontend architecture, and ensure high code quality and reliability.

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Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of end-to-end solutions including front-end ( ReactJS / micro-frontend) and back-end ( Java, Spring Boot / Spring Reactive )

• Architect and build scalable microservices , ensuring robustness, reliability, and performance

• Work with multiple databases: Cassandra (NoSQL), PostgreSQL and Oracle (relational) — define data models, tuning, indexing, schema evolution

• Drive design patterns, clean architecture, and modular, maintainable code

• Lead and mentor a team of full-stack developers: conduct code reviews, set coding standards, and provide technical direction

• Define and implement containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) strategies for scalable deployments

• Leverage AWS services (e.g., EC2, EKS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, S3) to build cloud-native applications

• Collaborate with product, UX, QA, DevOps and other stakeholders: align designs with business requirements

• Participate in agile ceremonies (sprints, planning, retrospectives), track progress, and deliver on commitments

• Monitor, troubleshoot, optimize production systems (APIs, UI, DBs), ensure observability/logging/alerting

• Stay current with industry best-practices, emerging technologies, and propose continuous improvement

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Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)

• 8+ years of experience in full-stack development; at least 2-3 years in a lead/architect role

• Extensive experience in Java and Spring Boot; solid experience in Spring WebFlux / Reactive Spring

• Proven experience building microservices architecture and designing APIs (REST, WebFlux, gRPC optional)

• Front-end expertise with ReactJS, micro-frontend architecture, modern JavaScript/TypeScript, state management (Redux, Context), responsive design

• Hands-on experience with Cassandra (data modeling, partitioning, replication), PostgreSQL and Oracle databases

• Strong understanding of design patterns (Factory, Singleton, Strategy, Adapter, etc), domain-driven design (DDD) and clean architecture

• Deep experience in AWS (cloud infrastructure, services, deployment)

• Docker and Kubernetes: containerization, orchestration, service mesh (optional), CI/CD pipelines

• Familiar with DevOps practices: automated builds, deployments, testing, monitoring

• Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills; ability to mentor and guide team