Senior Full-Stack Cloud Architect & Tech Lead

Guidehouse; United States; On-site; USD 102,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a senior software engineer to design, develop, and test full-stack components and enterprise APIs. You will translate requirements into technical designs, estimate efforts, and build interfaces using microservices within a modernized system architecture.

Collaboration with product, QA, and systems teams is required to improve pipelines and ensure delivery quality. The role emphasizes cloud-native development (GCP or similar), code reviews, and mentoring across teams, with a

Qualifications

• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's Degree or additional Four(4) years of exp in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of 6 years of software engineering experience.
• Expertise in enterprise software design, implementation, and deployment.
• Proficiency with JavaScript and modern frontend frameworks such as Angular or React.
• Strong programming experience in Java, including Spring Boot or similar frameworks.
• Experience working in a Scrum-based development environment.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as JIRA, Bamboo or Jenkins, Bitbucket (Git), and Confluence.
• Proficiency with JSON, YAML, and XML.
• Experience developing distributed, modular system architectures (Microservices, SOA).
• Strong understanding of modern cloud networking concepts and enterprise security best practices, including GCP-native security controls and SAST/DAST methodologies, or similar cloud environments.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Cloud development experience.
• Familiarity with web accessibility standards.
• Experience using Postman or similar tools to test web services.
• Experience with application servers or containers such as JBoss or Tomcat.
• Extensive experience with continuous integration and deployment tools.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL data stores.
• Must be US Citizen.
• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test full-stack components, including enterprise web service APIs, backend services, and user interfaces that consume REST APIs.
• Collaborate with product management to translate requirements into technical designs and provide accurate estimates.
• This role involves building internal and external interfaces using Microservices and automation patterns as part of a complete system modernization.
• Define, implement, and maintain automated unit and integration tests.
• Work closely with engineering, QA and Systems teams to improve and manage the development pipeline.
• The ideal candidate will contribute across the full stack design, development, and testing leveraging a cloud technology platform (GCP or similar) and industry-standard tools, frameworks, and design patterns.
• In addition, the senior-level role includes mentoring responsibilities, architectural influence, and technical leadership across teams.
• Champion best practices development and cloud automation to continuously enhance development efficiency and reliability.
• Leads cross-functional modernization initiatives, ensuring alignment across multiple teams and driving cohesive technical execution on complex enterprise-wide programs.
• Provide technical leadership across feature teams, guiding architectural decisions and ensuring alignment with cloud-native standards and microservices best practices.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and structured knowledge-sharing.
• Participate in solution architecture discussions, contributing to long-term modernization strategy and technology selection.
• Act as a senior technical point-of-contact for cross-functional stakeholders, helping bridge product, engineering, and platform teams.
• Subject matter expert. Demonstrates strategic thinking by anticipating future technical challenges and proactively proposing forward-looking solutions that strengthen organizational readiness.
• Identify system bottlenecks, architectural gaps, and improvement opportunities across distributed systems.

Skills

JavaScript

Angular/React

Java/Spring Boot

Cloud platforms (GCP)

Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift

REST APIs

CI/CD tools

Security & compliance

Scrum/agile

Education

Bachelor's Degree or 4 years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

JIRA

Bamboo/Jenkins

Git (Bitbucket)

Confluence

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a senior software engineer to design, develop, and test full-stack components and enterprise APIs. You will translate requirements into technical designs, estimate efforts, and build interfaces using microservices within a modernized system architecture.

Collaboration with product, QA, and systems teams is required to improve pipelines and ensure delivery quality. The role emphasizes cloud-native development (GCP or similar), code reviews, and mentoring across teams, with a