Senior Full Stack Engineer (Java & React)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Full Stack Engineer (Java & React)

• Focus: React/Node.js/Java Spring Boot in an Azure microfrontend + microservice ecosystem

Description

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will shape multi-year technical strategy and architecture standards for React, Node.js, and Java Spring Boot platforms. You will resolve the organization’s most complex cross-system design and performance challenges, govern engineering standards for security, scalability, and reliability, and mentor senior engineering talent. The role is highly influential and largely hands-off, centered on technical vision and cross-organizational alignment.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve multi-year technical strategy and architecture standards across React/Vite, Node.js/Fastify, and Java Spring Boot platforms

• Serve as the final technical escalation point for complex cross-system design and performance issues

• Establish and govern organization-wide standards for architecture, security, scalability, and reliability

• Mentor and grow Staff and Senior Engineers; help shape technical career ladder and promotion criteria

• Partner with senior engineering leadership, principal architects, and product executives to align technical roadmaps with business strategy

• Lead evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies, including proofs of concept and build-vs-buy decisions

• Drive resolution of systemic reliability, scalability, and security risks at the platform level

• Champion engineering culture, technical documentation standards, and cross-team knowledge sharing

• Represent engineering in high-stakes technical decisions with vendors, regulators, or enterprise architecture boards

Requirements

• Mastery of JavaScript/TypeScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, and large-scale frontend architecture, including micro frontends

• Deep, proven expertise in React.js, Node.js, and frameworks like Fastify or Express at enterprise scale

• Mastery of Java Spring Boot for architecting large-scale, high-availability REST APIs and microservices

• Demonstrated track record of setting technical direction across multiple engineering organizations or business units

• Deep expertise in Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure DevOps, and enterprise-grade cloud architecture

• Expert-level understanding of distributed systems, RESTful API design, and enterprise integration patterns

• History of mentoring Staff-level engineers and influencing organization-wide engineering career frameworks

• Advanced expertise in database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server), including large-scale data architecture decisions

• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, including advising VP- and C-level stakeholders

• Experience using GitHub Copilot with modern models (e.g., Claude Opus or Sonnet) and shaping AI-assisted engineering practices

• University qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar (or a strong GitHub portfolio)

Benefits

• Hybrid work: 4 days in office

• B2B contract: 12 months