Remote Lead Full-Stack Architect & Engineer

Gigantic Playground; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Experience with interactive projects

Technical leadership opportunities

Job summary

Gigantic Playground is seeking a Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer & Architect to define architecture and lead engineers across multiple client engagements. This remote role requires steering technical direction in a fast-moving agency environment and partnering directly with clients to deliver production-grade systems.

You will own end-to-end architecture, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with product, design, and executive leadership to align technical work with business goals.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Demonstrated leadership as Lead Engineer, Tech Lead, or Architect.
• Mandatory: prior experience at a software agency or consultancy delivering client projects.
• Proven ownership of end-to-end system architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own system architecture across multiple client projects.
• Define and enforce architectural standards and non-functional requirements.
• Make final technical decisions on stack, integrations and trade-offs.
• Design scalable, resilient systems across frontend, backend, cloud, and hardware-adjacent integrations.
• Lead technical planning and execution for large client engagements.
• Remain hands-on in critical code paths while delegating effectively.
• Drive engineering rigor: code reviews, CI/CD, automated testing, observability.
• Own technical outcomes including production stability and incident response.
• Operate in a software agency model with shifting priorities and fixed timelines.
• Translate ambiguous client requirements into concrete technical plans.
• Act as senior technical authority in client meetings.
• Balance delivery speed with long-term maintainability.
• Lead and mentor senior and mid-level engineers.
• Raise the bar on system design and code quality.
• Guide engineers through architectural reasoning and trade-off analysis.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and technical evaluation.

Skills

Leadership

Architectural Vision

Client Collaboration

Mentoring

Strategic Thinking

Tools

React

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Gigantic Playground is seeking a Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer & Architect to define architecture and lead engineers across multiple client engagements. This remote role requires steering technical direction in a fast-moving agency environment and partnering directly with clients to deliver production-grade systems.

You will own end-to-end architecture, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with product, design, and executive leadership to align technical work with business goals.