Lead Full Stack Developer

Guidehouse

Lead Full Stack Developer guiding modernization projects for diverse clients. Delivering innovative software solutions using cloud technologies and mentoring development teams.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeSan Antonio • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $92,000 - $153,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDjangoJavaScriptMicroservicesPythonVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work closely with clients, leaders, solution architects, and technical and functional leads across Guidehouse teams and market segments to support client projects, growth initiatives, and capability development.
Serve as a key member of the modernization team, leading and mentoring full-stack development teams while providing technical guidance and architectural oversight for innovative solution prototypes using cloud architectures and modern software technologies.
Lead solution architecture and hands-on full-stack engineering for scalable, secure distributed systems using modern programming technologies, AWS-native services, microservices architecture, containerization, and API-first design patterns.
Collaborate with user experience designers, platform engineers, product owners, solution architects, business analysts, and full-stack development teams to design, build, test, and deploy high-value, operationally resilient software products on AWS that meet functional and non-functional requirements.
Define application architecture standards, design patterns, and development best practices across teams; establish architectural roadmaps for complex modernization projects; and ensure alignment with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles.
Guide proof-of-concept development and technical demonstrations to validate solution strategies, and lead solution architecture efforts for RFPs, technical proposals, and thought leadership initiatives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

U.S. citizenship or Green Card status is required.
Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.
Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
Bachelor’s degree is required; or additional FOUR (4) years experience in Lieu of Degree.
Minimum of SIX (6) years of relevant full-stack application development experience, including at least FOUR (4) years in leadership or architecture roles.
Minimum of five (5) years of experience developing, building, or modernizing applications on AWS.
Experience leading teams and implementing frontend and backend services for cloud-native software products and solutions using technologies such as Python, JavaScript, Django, and Vue.js.
Expert proficiency in Python and JavaScript, with proven experience leading teams of five or more developers.
Proven ability to work independently while leading, mentoring, collaborating with, and supporting team members to solve complex technical problems across multiple concurrent projects.
Proven ability to architect software products and solution prototypes, establish technical standards, validate solution strategies, and explain the tradeoffs of complex design alternatives to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Familiarity with the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) and proven design patterns, such as Model-View-Controller, Circuit Breaker, and Event-Driven patterns, is required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
401(k) Retirement Plan
Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Care.com annual membership
Employee Assistance Program
Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-stack developmentsolution architecturecloud architecturesAWS-native servicesmicroservices architecturecontainerizationAPI-first design patternsPythonJavaScriptDjango

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingindependencecommunication

Certifications

Federal or DoD PUBLIC TRUST