Key skills
AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptKubernetesNode.jsPostgresReactSQLTypeScriptGCPGoogle CloudPostgreSQLCI/CDLeadershipProblem Solving
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead end-to-end technical architecture for multiple products or services, defining standards and ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
- Design system interfaces and integration patterns that enable reuse and interoperability across Hypergiant’s C2 portfolio.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, conduct build-vs-buy analysis, and document key architectural decisions and trade-offs.
- Partner with cloud and infrastructure teams to ensure solutions align with IL4/IL5 and FedRAMP security frameworks.
- Provide expert guidance across front-end, back-end, and data layers — enabling high-scale, real-time systems.
- Oversee design and implementation reviews to ensure code quality, security, and system reliability.
- Drive modernization initiatives (e.g., containerization, observability, CI/CD optimization) across delivery teams.
- Collaborate with product owners and technical leads to shape roadmaps and technical milestones that align with program objectives.
- Identify and champion reusable frameworks, libraries, and shared components across teams and programs.
- Act as the connective tissue between architecture councils, delivery teams, and client stakeholders.
- Provide leadership on incident response and system performance issues, leading root cause analysis and long-term resolution.
- Mentor and coach engineers across the organization, fostering technical depth and independent problem solving.
- Contribute to internal engineering standards, code quality guidelines, and best practices documentation.
- Lead by example through hands-on contribution to complex or high-risk projects.
Requirements
- 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 8+ years in full-stack web development.
- Deep expertise with React, TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, and modern web architectures.
- Proven experience designing and integrating distributed backend systems, and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQL).
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence architecture direction at the program level.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
- Strong grasp of security, performance, and observability best practices in production environments.
- US Citizenship required; must be eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.
Tech Stack
- AWS
- Azure
- Cloud
- Docker
- Google Cloud Platform
- JavaScript
- Kubernetes
- Node.js
- Postgres
- React
- SQL
- TypeScript
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Company Holidays
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Optional HSA and FSA
- Base and Voluntary Life Insurance
- Short Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
- 401k Matching
- Employee Assistance Program