Full Stack Lead / Architect
First seen by Alion on Aug 5, 2026.
Job Description:
Immediate Joiners or less than 30 days notice period.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the end-to-end architecture, solution design, and implementation of full stack applications across multiple business domains.
- Translate complex business requirements into scalable, secure, reliable, and high-performance technical solutions.
- Architect and build large-scale microservices-based backend platforms using Golang.
- Define and govern frontend architecture using React.js and Next.js, including best practices and design patterns.
- Establish API design standards and integration patterns using REST, GraphQL, and/or gRPC.
- Lead architecture reviews, design governance sessions, and key technical decisions affecting scalability and reliability.
- Drive delivery of large and complex programs while maintaining quality, scalability, and agreed timelines.
- Implement and optimize production containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Drive CI/CD automation, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code initiatives.
- Ensure performance optimization, system resilience, security compliance, and end-to-end observability.
- Collaborate with product, UX/design, and cross-functional engineering teams on roadmap planning and delivery.
- Mentor engineers across multiple squads and support technical hiring, team building, and capability development.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 8+ years of professional full stack development experience with a strong focus on architecture and system design.
- 6+ years of hands-on Golang backend development experience.
- 6+ years of hands-on React.js and/or Next.js frontend development and architecture experience.
- Proven experience as a Lead or Architect delivering large-scale enterprise solutions end-to-end.
- Advanced Golang expertise, including concurrency patterns, memory management, and performance optimization.
- Strong React.js and Next.js knowledge, including SSR, SSG, and advanced state management.
- Extensive microservices and distributed systems experience, including service decomposition, fault tolerance, consistency, and inter-service communication.
- Strong API design expertise across RESTful APIs and modern patterns such as GraphQL and gRPC.
- Production experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL/MySQL and MongoDB/Redis/DynamoDB.
- Proficiency in CI/CD, infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation), deployment automation, monitoring, and distributed tracing.
Mandatory Skills:
- Golang
- React.js or Next.js
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or AWS SQS.
- Knowledge of security best practices covering authentication, authorization, encryption, OWASP, and SOC 2.
- Experience with machine learning integrations or data-intensive applications.
- Open-source contributions or active technical community involvement.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience mentoring and building high-performing engineering teams.
Skills
Golang, React.js, Javascript, Next.js, REST API, GraphQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, Technical Architect