Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Photon is seeking a Full Stack Technical Lead to lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable full-stack applications. The role focuses on React and TypeScript front-end platforms, micro-frontend architecture, RESTful APIs, security, testing, performance, and technical leadership of the development team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end technical design and development of full-stack applications, with emphasis on the front-end/UI platform and its supporting APIs
• Own the micro-frontend (MFE) strategy — module boundaries, shared shell, and Webpack & Module Federation setup across teams
• Define the UI design system — component libraries, design tokens, and how they're sourced from Figma and propagated to code
• Set standards for state management across React applications and for CSS architecture at scale
• Own accessibility (ARIA/WCAG) compliance delivery across all UI surfaces
• Define UI performance budgets and drive performance/error monitoring rollout in production
• Design, build, and manage robust RESTful APIs (OpenAPI 3.0) and service integrations, including versioning, lifecycle, and governance
• Set the strategy for contract testing across producing and consuming teams
• Direct authentication/authorization delivery using OAuth/OIDC and enforce OWASP security standards for both UI and APIs
• Design and optimize database queries, indexing, and data access strategies (schema/data modelling not required for this role)
• Set the test automation strategy (Playwright) and quality gates for UI/API releases
• Ensure application scalability, availability, reliability, and security
• Collaborate with product, engineering, DevOps, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Provide technical leadership, code reviews, and mentorship to development team members; run day-to-day delivery of the team including sprint commitments and real-time unblocking
• Drive engineering best practices including clean code, testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and documentation
• Champion effective use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) across the SDLC — coding, code review, testing, and documentation — and set adoption practices for the team
• Identify technical risks, bottlenecks, and architectural improvements and provide effective solutions
• Participate in effort estimation, sprint planning, technical roadmaps, and delivery planning

Skills

• * Expert, hands-on React and TypeScript skills — non-negotiable
• * Proven, hands-on experience with micro-frontend architecture using Webpack and Module Federation — non-negotiable.
• * Understanding of software architecture, including scalable, API-based, service-oriented system design
• * Strong hands-on Node.js experience for API and backend services
• * Strong experience designing and developing REST APIs (OpenAPI 3.0) and integrating third-party services; API versioning, security, documentation, and performance best practices
• * Experience with state management patterns (Redux, Context, signals, or equivalent) and CSS architecture at scale
• * Experience working with a UI design system (component libraries, design tokens) and Figma hand-off workflows
• * Working knowledge of ARIA/accessibility (WCAG) standards
• * Solid understanding of OAuth/OIDC and OWASP security practices for both front-end and APIs
• * Experience writing contract tests for APIs
• * Comfortable writing and optimizing SQL queries against relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) — data modelling/schema design not required
• * Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing (Playwright or similar), and production deployment practices
• * Practical, hands-on experience using AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) in day-to-day development and across the SDLC
• * Experience mentoring and guiding software engineers
• * Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• 8+ years of overall software development experience, with significant experience in front-end/full-stack development, React/TypeScript, micro-frontend architecture, and API design/development
• * Experience with Python for backend/API development (added advantage, not required) — frameworks such as FastAPI, Django, or Flask
• * Working knowledge of AWS (compute, storage, database, networking, security, monitoring services) — preferred, not mandatory
• * Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• * Experience implementing UI A/B testing
• * Exposure to error/performance monitoring tooling (DynaTrace RUM, or similar)
• * Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments
• * Prior work in a regulated or enterprise design-system environment

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental benefits are available for full-time employees.
• 401k retirement plan is available for full-time employees.
• Variable pay/incentives are available for full-time employees.
• Paid time off is available for full-time employees.
• Paid holidays are available for full-time employees.

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