Lead Full-Stack Engineer

Zapata Quantum

Lead Full-Stack Engineer handling technical direction and team mentorship for quantum computing applications. Guide architectural decisions and develop user-friendly interfaces for interactive web applications.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong technical leadership in software engineering, with expertise in backend architecture, data modeling, and API design. Capable of mentoring teams, making architectural decisions, and integrating AI-enabled features to enhance application functionality.

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Technical LeadershipBackend ArchitectureAPI DesignUI/UX PrinciplesAI-Enabled Application Workflows

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Hard Skills

Full-Stack EngineeringData ModelingScalable System DesignWeb Application DevelopmentArchitectural Decision Making

Soft Skills

MentoringCommunicationCollaborationProblem-SolvingAutonomous Work

Tools & Technologies

AI-Assisted Development ToolsWeb FrameworksSoftware Design StandardsTesting FrameworksDocumentation Tools

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringTechnical DirectionCode ReviewsUser ExperienceProduct Usability

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide hands-on technical leadership for a small engineering team, setting technical direction and supporting the team’s execution and delivery.
Design, architect, build, and continuously improve a modern, interactive web application, including selecting appropriate frameworks, system architecture, and technical approaches.
Lead architectural and product-related technical decisions, exercising independent judgment when evaluating tools, technologies, tradeoffs, and design patterns.
Establish engineering standards and best practices for software design, code quality, testing, documentation, security, and maintainability.
Mentor and support other engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, collaborative problem-solving, and constructive feedback.
Break complex initiatives into clear technical plans, coordinate engineering priorities, and help ensure projects are delivered on time and to a high standard.
Independently analyze complex technical problems and develop scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.
Design and implement backend systems, data models, APIs, and integrations that support complex application functionality.
Design and develop clean, intuitive user experiences for navigating and interacting with complex technical content.
Integrate AI-enabled features such as intelligent search, recommendations, contextual assistance, and other emerging application capabilities.
Collaborate with product, design, domain experts, and company leadership to translate business and user needs into practical technical solutions.
Remain actively involved in software development while balancing individual contributions with leadership of the broader engineering effort.
Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development tools, when they can meaningfully improve productivity, quality, or application performance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 2 years of experience serving in a technical lead, engineering lead, or comparable software leadership role.
Demonstrated experience providing technical direction, mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and supporting the delivery of complex software projects.
Strong full-stack engineering fundamentals, with particular depth in backend architecture, data modeling, APIs, and scalable system design.
Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining production-quality, user-facing web applications.
Experience making architectural decisions and evaluating technical tradeoffs across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and application integrations.
Familiarity with AI-enabled application workflows, tools, or integrations.
Strong understanding of UI/UX principles and product usability, with the ability to translate complex information into intuitive user experiences.
Ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities, and deliver results with minimal oversight.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to explain technical decisions to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
An efficiency-focused mindset and willingness to adopt new tools, including AI-assisted development tools, to improve engineering productivity.
Ability and enthusiasm to learn unfamiliar technical domains as needed; prior quantum computing experience is not required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Health insurance
Professional development opportunities