Lead Full Stack Developer

Location: Rockville, MD OR Tysons Corner, VA (3 days onsite)

Duration: 12+ Months

Project Description

We are seeking a Lead Full Stack Developer to drive technical design, delivery execution, and engineering excellence for enterprise-grade financial technology solutions. This role combines deep hands-on development with technical leadership — you will own driving design decisions, lead delivery of complex features, perform code reviews, and mentor junior engineers while maintaining the highest standards of code quality and system reliability.

• Proven track record of designing, architecting, and deploying production-grade applications using object-oriented programming principles and database technologies
• Experience leading technical delivery for teams of 3-6 engineers

Agile Development Background

• Hands-on experience building enterprise-level solutions within iterative development methodologies and Agile frameworks
• Experience with sprint planning, estimation, and delivery forecasting

Software Engineering Best Practices

• Proficiency with industry-standard development practices including automated testing frameworks, continuous integration/deployment pipelines, and configuration management tools
• Experience establishing and maintaining engineering standards for a team

Core Technology Stack

• Experience with Angular 18 or later versions for modern web application development, RxJS, Ngx Formly, monorepo architecture
• Ability to design component architectures and establish reusable patterns for the team

Quality Assurance & Testing

• Ability to develop comprehensive end-to-end tests using Playwright with TypeScript, along with integration and performance testing capabilities
• Experience defining testing strategies and ensuring team-wide adoption of quality practices

DevOps & CI/CD

• Strong experience implementing continuous integration and deployment workflows using Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions
• Ability to optimize pipeline performance and establish deployment best practices
• Expertise in designing and implementing event-driven architectures leveraging:
• Messaging services (SQS/SNS)
• Serverless computing (AWS Lambda)
• API Gateway, Step Functions
• Data storage solutions (S3, RDS, DocumentDB, DynamoDB)
• Container orchestration (ECS)
• Experience making infrastructure decisions and designing for scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency