Lead Full Stack Developer /Orlando, FL (Remote)- Contractor

Title: Lead Full Stack Developer
Location: Orlando, FL | Remote
Role Description
Job Opening: Technical Lead - Full Stack Engineering Overview We are seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to guide an Agile delivery team evolving a mission-critical legacy web application. The role is primarily backend- and cloud-focused (approximately 75%), with frontend oversight and contribution (approximately 25%). The ideal candidate combines deep Java/Spring Boot engineering experience with technical leadership across AWS, PostgreSQL, microservices, and Angular. This person will set implementation direction, coach engineers, manage technical risk, and balance modernization with production stability. Wealth Management or Financial Services experience is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Backend Architecture
Lead technical design and delivery of Java and Spring Boot services, setting standards for maintainability, scalability, security, and performance.
Guide object-oriented design and appropriate use of patterns (Strategy, Factory, Builder, Singleton); review designs and mentor engineers.
Own technical decisions for microservices, API contracts and versioning, service resilience, and incremental decomposition of legacy components.
Guide AWS integrations across S3, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, and IAM in partnership with cloud and DevOps teams.
Prioritize technical debt reduction and modernization while safeguarding production reliability and delivery commitments. Data Architecture & Performance
Review PostgreSQL data models, indexing strategies, migrations, and query performance; ensure sound data design.
Lead troubleshooting of cross-service issues and establish approaches for data integrity and performance optimization. Frontend Technical Oversight
Provide technical direction for Angular and TypeScript UI work; contribute hands-on where necessary to unblock delivery.
Promote reusable components, consistent design-system usage, and implementation quality against Figma designs.
Oversee frontend integration with RESTful APIs and resolve cross-stack design and integration challenges.
Guide incremental modernization of legacy UI components without disrupting business workflows. Engineering Quality & Operational Reliability
Establish unit and integration testing expectations using JUnit, Mockito, and Spring Test, and review coverage for critical paths.
Champion frontend unit, integration, and E2E testing and practical TDD/BDD practices.
Lead code reviews, complex production investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action planning.
Drive observability, performance, and reliability improvements using New Relic, Elasticsearch, and cloud monitoring. Delivery Leadership & Collaboration
Partner with DevOps to improve CI/CD quality gates, automated deployments, and operational readiness.
Translate product priorities into technical plans, clarify dependencies, coordinate across UX, QA, product, and engineering, and mentor team members.
Represent engineering in Agile planning, estimation, design reviews, and stakeholder discussions; escalate technical risks early.
Technology Stack & Engineering Practices Backend & Cloud
Java (23), Spring Boot (3.4.1)
Microservices, RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures
Design patterns: Strategy, Factory, Builder, Singleton
Resilience patterns: API Gateway, Circuit Breaker Frontend
Angular 20
TypeScript, HTML, CSS
Component-driven UI architecture
Design systems and reusable component libraries Testing
Backend: JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test
Frontend: Unit, Integration, and E2E testing frameworks
Database
PostgreSQL (schema design, indexing, query optimization) Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS: S3, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, IAM DevOps & Tooling
Gradle, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker
Kubernetes (nice to have) Observability & Logging
New Relic, Elasticsearch Developer Productivity
GitHub Copilot

Skills
TypeScript, Java, Spring Boot, Spring, HTML/CSS, Angular, REST API

Experience
8+ yrs

Work arrangement
Yes