Lead Full Stack Engineer React / Node/ AWS Serverless / AI

A Phoenix-based transportation and logistics organization is seeking a Lead / Senior Full Stack Engineer to join a highly innovative technology team focused on rapid application development, emerging technologies, and cloud-native solutions. This is a long-term contract opportunity with a hybrid schedule, requiring onsite presence two days per week in the Phoenix area. The environment is heavily focused on React, Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS Serverless technologies.

This role offers the opportunity to lead a growing offshore engineering team while remaining hands-on in architecture, development, and delivery. The ideal candidate enjoys working in fast-paced environments, building solutions from concept through production, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to quickly bring new ideas to life.

Contract Duration: Multi-Year Contract Opportunity

Required Skills & Experience

Proven experience leading engineering teams and/or technical projects

Strong full-stack development background with React and Node.js

Expertise with TypeScript

Deep AWS cloud experience, particularly serverless architectures

Hands-on experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and related cloud-native services

Experience building production applications that leverage LLMs and AI services for workflow automation, document processing, and data extraction.

Experience mentoring distributed or offshore development teams

Strong understanding of software design, testing, and delivery best practices

Experience building applications from business requirements through production deployment

Desired Skills & Experience

AWS CDK and CloudFormation experience

Redux expertise

Experience with RDS/MySQL

Familiarity with CloudFront and S3

Knowledge of security permissions, access controls, and cloud governance

Experience working in innovation, R&D, or rapid prototyping environments

Exposure to modern AI-assisted development tools

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

React

TypeScript

Redux

Node.js

REST APIs

AWS Serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS/MySQL, S3, CloudFront, CDK, CloudFormation)

Unit testing

CI/CD automation

Git-based workflows

Daily Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a growing offshore team of developers, QA professionals, and technical contributors

Design and develop cloud-native applications, APIs, frontend applications, and backend services

Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Participate in architecture decisions and technical planning

Review code, enforce engineering standards, and support team growth

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