Senior MERN Stack Lead — GCP & Cloud-Native

Foundation Software; Strongsville (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundation Software seeks a Senior Application Developer with 7+ years of experience to lead and build modern cloud-native applications using the MERN stack on Google Cloud Platform. You will design, implement, and deploy scalable solutions, mentor engineers, and guide architecture decisions across product, QA, DevOps, and business teams.

You will work on Docker/Kubernetes deployments, advanced authentication methods, and observability practices to ensure reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience.
• Strong, current expertise with TypeScript.
• Proven experience leading software projects and influencing technical direction.
• Hands-on experience with MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js).
• Experience deploying cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience mentoring developers and leading technical discussions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support scalable cloud-native applications.
• Lead technical projects from design through deployment.
• Mentor developers through code reviews and coaching.
• Drive architecture decisions and modernization efforts.
• Collaborate with product, QA, DevOps, and business teams.

Skills

7+ years of experience

Technical leadership

TypeScript

Leadership in software projects

MongoDB

React

Node.js

Express.js

GCP

Docker

Tools

MongoDB (native driver)

Mongoose

Express.js

React

Node.js

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud Run

Pub/Sub

Job description

Foundation Software seeks a Senior Application Developer with 7+ years of experience to lead and build modern cloud-native applications using the MERN stack on Google Cloud Platform. You will design, implement, and deploy scalable solutions, mentor engineers, and guide architecture decisions across product, QA, DevOps, and business teams.

You will work on Docker/Kubernetes deployments, advanced authentication methods, and observability practices to ensure reliability and performance.