Lead Architect & Senior Full-Stack Engineer – AI, Azure, Safety

Daimler Truck North America LLC.; Northern (KY, SC); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

401k with company match

4 weeks paid vacation

13+ holidays

8 weeks paid parental leave

Employee assistance program

Healthcare plans and wellness programs

Onsite fitness

Tuition assistance

Volunteer paid time off

Disability plans

Job summary

Daimler Truck North America LLC is seeking a Lead Architect / Senior Full Stack Developer to own CHEC's architecture and drive quality across frontend, backend, and cloud services. You will shape AI-assisted development, oversee QA strategy, and ensure safety-critical compliance in a mission‑critical configuration tool.

Lead the team in defining standards, patterns, and secure, observable Azure-based services while mentoring engineers and collaborating with UX, product, and application teams for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 810+ years software engineering experience.
• Proven technical leadership / architect experience.
• Strong full-stack expertise (React/TypeScript frontend, .NET/C# backend) and hands-on QA automation leadership.
• Experience with system design and architectural patterns (microservices, event-driven, domain-driven design).
• Database and data layer expertise (SQL Server, Cosmos DB, Entity Framework).
• Security architecture knowledge (OWASP, authentication/authorization patterns).
• API design standards (REST, versioning, contract-first design).
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience defining and leading AI-augmented development practices across a team.
• Proficiency with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor) and prompt engineering for code generation, testing, and documentation.
• Ability to evaluate AI-generated outputs critically, particularly in safety-relevant and high-auditability contexts.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern CHEC's end-to-end technical architecture (React frontend, .NET APIs, backend services, data layers).
• Serve as technical authority across full-stack development and cloud infrastructure.
• Define and enforce engineering standards, patterns, and best practices, including guidelines for responsible AI-assisted development.
• Lead the Automation QA effort, including test strategy and tooling selection, definition of automated test coverage (UI, API, integration), and quality gates in CI/CD pipelines.
• Architect and review Azure-hosted services with focus on security, observability, and scalability.
• Partner with UX, Product Owners, and Application Engineering on roadmap execution.
• Mentor senior and junior developers; provide technical reviews, coaching, and guidance on effective use of AI coding assistants.
• Ensure traceability, auditability, and strong validation for configuration changes (safety-relevant domain).
• Define and lead the team's AI-augmented development strategy, including tooling selection (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and workflow integration.
• Establish prompt engineering standards and best practices for AI-assisted code generation, testing, and architecture documentation.
• Evaluate AI-generated code for quality, security, and compliance with safety-relevant domain requirements.
• Continuously evaluate emerging AI tools and techniques for applicability to the CHEC platform.

Skills

Full-stack React/TS

QA automation leadership

Architect experience

Azure cloud

AI augmentation

Prompt engineering

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

Azure

GitHub

CI/CD

Terraform

Bicep/ARM templates

LLM APIs

Claude Code/GitHub Copilot/Cursor

Job description

Daimler Truck North America LLC is seeking a Lead Architect / Senior Full Stack Developer to own CHEC's architecture and drive quality across frontend, backend, and cloud services. You will shape AI-assisted development, oversee QA strategy, and ensure safety-critical compliance in a mission‑critical configuration tool.

Lead the team in defining standards, patterns, and secure, observable Azure-based services while mentoring engineers and collaborating with UX, product, and application teams for