React Lead with GCP & Terraform at Cleveland OH, Buffalo NY

Job Title: React Lead with GCP & Terraform

Location: Cleveland OH, Buffalo NY, Albany NY, Columbus OH, San Diego CA (Day One Onsite)

Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in software development, including full stack development using:

o React (front end)

o Node.js (backend)

o SQL-based databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or equivalent)

• 1+ years of experience in a technical leadership or team lead capacity.

• Experience deploying and managing applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Strong familiarity with Terraform, Git, and CI/CD processes.

• Demonstrated experience maintaining and improving application uptime and reliability.

• Strong understanding of secure development practices and regulatory considerations (banking or fintech domain preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in the financial services industry, especially within banking, fintech, or wealth management.

• Familiarity with SOC 2, PCI, or other compliance requirements.

• Experience mentoring junior developers or acting as a lead in agile environments.

• Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and daily oversight to a team of 4–5 engineers.

• Ensure high-quality and on-time delivery of software solutions in accordance with internal standards and regulatory requirements.

• Serve as primary escalation point for technical blockers and production issues within the team.

• Participate in hands-on development tasks, including code contributions, pull request reviews, and technical design.

• Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, code reviews, and daily standups.

• Monitor and improve system uptime, incident response, and operational readiness of deployed applications.

• Collaborate with product owners, QA, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure teams.

• Provide regular coaching, performance feedback, and technical mentorship to team members.

• Support continuous improvement of development practices and architecture.