[Hiring] Lead Full Stack Engineer @Fearless

Role Description

We are actively seeking a senior-level Full-Stack Engineer and Technical Lead to support a growing portfolio of federal and state government customers. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of secure, scalable digital solutions that support mission-critical public services. This role is fully remote.

This Senior Consultant collaborates with cross-functional teams to align the technical vision, implementation, and quality of software systems across development, reliability, testing, and operations.

• Lead the design, architecture, and delivery of secure, scalable, cloud-native applications supporting complex public sector programs.
• Provide technical leadership to cross-functional engineering teams by establishing architecture standards, development best practices, and engineering processes.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, architects, business analysts, and government stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Design and develop modern full-stack applications, APIs, microservices, and system integrations using appropriate technologies and architectural patterns.
• Guide technical decision-making by evaluating implementation approaches, identifying tradeoffs, and mitigating technical risks throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design sessions to ensure high-quality, maintainable, and secure software solutions.
• Mentor and coach engineers through technical leadership, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
• Drive application modernization initiatives, including cloud migration, platform modernization, DevSecOps adoption, and infrastructure improvements.
• Evaluate and incorporate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities, automation, and cloud-native services, to improve engineering productivity and deliver innovative digital solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement AI-powered features, intelligent automation, and modern application capabilities where appropriate, ensuring solutions align with security, privacy, and responsible AI practices.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, infrastructure automation, monitoring, and production release processes.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across distributed systems and partner with cross-functional teams to improve system reliability and operational performance.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design decisions, implementation plans, and operational procedures.
• Ensure solutions comply with accessibility, security, privacy, and applicable government technology standards.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience developing enterprise-scale applications.
• Experience serving as a Technical Lead, Lead Engineer, Solution Architect, or similar engineering leadership role.
• Strong full-stack development experience using modern frontend and backend technologies.
• Experience designing scalable application architectures, RESTful APIs, microservices, and system integrations.
• Experience with one or more cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with containerization, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern DevSecOps practices.
• Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Experience leading code reviews, technical design discussions, and engineering best practices.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments.
• Familiarity with modern AI technologies, developer productivity tools, or AI-enabled application patterns.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, product teams, executive stakeholders, and customers.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).

Requirements

• Experience supporting federal, state, or local government technology programs.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments, including compliance with FedRAMP, NIST, FISMA, HIPAA, or similar frameworks.
• Experience leading cloud modernization, legacy application modernization, or large-scale digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience developing technical roadmaps, solution architectures, and engineering standards.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading distributed or cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience designing, integrating, or deploying AI-enabled application capabilities, including generative AI, intelligent automation, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
• Experience evaluating AI technologies with consideration for security, privacy, governance, and responsible AI practices in regulated environments.
• Experience supporting government proposal efforts or serving as Key Personnel on government contracts.
• Active or previous Public Trust, Secret, or other government security clearance.
• Experience with accessibility standards (Section 508/WCAG) and secure software development practices.

Benefits

• Flexible, life-friendly schedules.
• 100% coverage for our medical HSA plan + HSA contributions.
• Dental & vision covered 100% for you and your dependents.
• Competitive premiums for HMO/PPO and dependent coverage.
• 401(k) with 4% match & immediate vesting.
• Paid Parental Leave and 12 weeks paid FMLA.
• Generous PTO, 11 Federal Holidays, a Birthday Holiday, and Sick Leave.
• Up to 15 days for Jury Duty and Bereavement Leave.
• Education, wellness, and tech allowances.
• Referral bonus: $6K–$12K for each successful referral.
• Pet insurance & discount plans.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Legal support, life insurance, disability coverage.
• Performance-Based Bonuses.