LEAD FULL-STACK DEVELOPER

Location: USA Remote (Client Headquarters: Eastern Time Zone)

**YOU MUST BE US BASED CURRENTLY**

Compensation: Base circa $170k + benefits + equity/share options

About the Role

We are seeking a Lead Full-Stack Developer to serve as a technical anchor for our platform during a phase of rapid scaling. Your primary mission will be to architect and implement the foundational systems required to support hyper-growth—ensuring reliability, performance, and extensibility. You will take ownership of our core architecture and lead the development of secure, sophisticated integration frameworks that deliver significant value to our enterprise clients.

This is a high-autonomy, high-impact role designed for a senior engineer who thrives on solving complex, ambiguous problems and is motivated by technical leadership and mentorship.

Key Outcomes & Responsibilities

1. Architect for Scale: Lead performance and scalability initiatives across the full stack. Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks to maintain platform speed, reliability, and cost-efficiency amid exponential growth in users and data.
2. Build a Foundational Integration Framework: Design, develop, and maintain a secure, well-documented system for custom integrations (e.g., public APIs, webhooks, third-party data synchronization) that becomes a core competitive advantage for our enterprise offering.
3. Improve Development Health & Velocity: Champion engineering practices that increase code completeness, reduce work-in-progress, and enhance the team’s ability to ship complex, high-quality features predictably.
4. Elevate Team Capability: Act as a force multiplier through mentorship, technical guidance, and insightful code reviews. Share knowledge and best practices to raise the technical bar across the engineering organization.

Who You Are (Core Competencies)

1. Extreme Ownership & Autonomous Problem-Solving: You excel at navigating ambiguity and driving projects from concept to production with minimal oversight. You proactively identify gaps and own solutions.
2. Abstraction & Systems Design: You possess strong analytical skills to translate complex product requirements into clean, logical architecture. You think deeply about data flow, state management, and API design before implementation.
3. Polyglot Proficiency & Full-Stack Mastery: You are comfortable and effective across diverse technology stacks. You can quickly master new tools and optimize performance from frontend to backend.
4. Bias for Completion & Quality: You define "done" as well-tested, documented, and stable. You minimize technical debt and loose ends, ensuring robust and maintainable outcomes.
5. Proactive Initiative: You consistently identify opportunities, propose actionable solutions, and mobilize resources to drive projects forward.
6. Mentorship & Influence: You naturally elevate those around you through constructive feedback, technical coaching, and thought leadership. Your input is sought after in architectural and strategic discussions.
7. Continuous Learning & Adaptability: You maintain a low ego, actively seek feedback, and are committed to mastering new domains and emerging technologies.

Technical Environment

1. Frontend: SvelteKit, deployed on Cloudflare Pages/Workers
2. Backend: PHP/Laravel (API-focused), running on AWS Lightsail
3. Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cloudflare D1 (SQLite)
4. DevOps & Tools: Git/GitHub, GitHub Actions, Linux, NGINX, Docker/Dev Containers, Vite
5. Testing: Playwright, Cypress, PHPUnit/Pest, Vitest/Mocha
6. Design & UI: Figma, Lottie, Storybook

Why Consider This Opportunity?

1. Direct Strategic Impact: Collaborate closely with company leadership in a lean, execution-oriented environment with minimal bureaucracy.
2. Substantial Autonomy: We hire experts and grant them the trust and freedom to make critical technical decisions that shape the platform’s future.
3. Accelerated Leadership Pathway: A structured ramp-up is designed to quickly position you for significant technical and organizational influence.
4. Foundational Technical Challenges: Work on non-trivial, core problems of scalability and extensibility that are pivotal to the company’s success.
5. Architectural Influence: Play a central role in defining our technical direction and building the foundation for the next stage of growth.
6. Competitive Package: Receive a comprehensive benefits package, flexible remote work options, and meaningful equity—providing tangible ownership in the company’s trajectory.

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