Asterism IT Solutions

Full Stack Lead

Plano, TX, TX
Contracted
Experienced

Job Title: Full Stack Lead
Client: Photon/TFS
Location: Plano, TX
Work Arrangement: 5 Days Onsite
Pay Rate: $52/hr on W2
Experience: 10+ years preferred
Work Authorization: US Citizens, Green Card holders, and genuine GC-EAD only
Relocation: Non-local candidates may be considered if willing to relocate to Plano, TX.

Job Description

We are looking for a hands-on Full Stack Lead to own the architecture, design, development, and delivery of a next-generation Developer Portal that exposes Treasury and Payments capabilities to internal and external engineers.

The ideal candidate will lead a cross-functional engineering squad, combining a modern React frontend with a Java/Spring Boot microservices backend, while driving engineering best practices throughout the full software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define solution architecture, coding standards, and DevOps strategy.
  • Lead design and code reviews and mentor engineers.
  • Evaluate and introduce new tools, frameworks, and design patterns.
  • Build responsive and accessible UIs using React JS, Hooks, Context, TypeScript, and Redux.
  • Develop scalable APIs and event-driven services using Java 17 and Spring Boot 3.
  • Implement authentication, role-based access control, and rate limiting.
  • Own sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and release demos.
  • Partner with Product, UX, and QA teams to refine requirements and acceptance criteria.
  • Track development work in Jira and ensure stories meet Definition of Ready and Definition of Done.
  • Champion test automation using JUnit, Jest, and Cypress.
  • Implement observability using OpenTelemetry and Grafana.
  • Conduct profiling, performance tuning, and load testing to maintain sub-200ms latency.
  • Enforce secure coding practices and conduct regular vulnerability scans.
  • Collaborate with Treasury/Payments SMEs to model business flows.
  • Present architecture, technical decisions, and project progress to senior leadership and external partners.
  • Work with DevSecOps to maintain CI/CD pipelines, blue-green deployments, and rollback strategies.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience.
  • 3+ years of technical lead or team lead experience.
  • Expert-level experience with React JS.
  • Strong experience with HTML5, CSS-in-JS, responsive design, and browser developer tools.
  • Strong Java 11+ development experience, preferably Java 17.
  • Strong experience with Spring Boot, Spring Security, REST APIs, and microservices.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS, Git, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Excellent communication, mentoring, leadership, and Agile/Scrum skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Docker and Kubernetes.
  • SQL/NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB.
  • Caching technologies such as Redis.
  • API gateways including Kong, Apigee, or AWS API Gateway.
  • OpenAPI/Swagger.
  • OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and security best practices.
  • Event streaming with Kafka/Amazon MSK.
  • Reactive programming.
  • Experience in Treasury, Payments, FinTech, or FinTech compliance environments.
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