Position Title: Development Lead / Architect Location: Alpharetta, GA (REMOTE) Six Months Contract to hire Position Summary: Our client is searching for a successful Development Lead / Architect to join our high-performance team. The successful candidate will have a strong command of software architecture, programming, latest web technologies, and frameworks. Responsibilities * Design and implement highly scalable, interactive web applications with high usability * Collaborate with other architects to define and capture software architecture for systems and/or components * Develop design models using UML * Design and implement backend application interfaces for data and services * Collaborate with business analysts to define software requirements for programming effort * Support production software operations, test and debug programs * Report progress and status of assigned tasks to project teams and manager * Provide technical leadership and motivation to junior developers Qualifications * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline * 10+ years of experience software development experience * 5+ years of hands-on experience developing Web applications * Previous experience as the lead architect responsible for an overall large-scale system design * Expert in JavaScript development * Expert in Web Application development using React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript * Experience with Node.JS, REST and JSON * Strong understanding of object-oriented design and MVC patterns * Programming skills on other languages i.e., Java, PHP, and Python * Experience with SQL and NoSQL data stores, preferably MongoDB * Experience with systems across multiple platforms Windows, Linux and UNIX * Experience with open-source software * Excellent understanding of web security practices * Good understanding of agile development and continuous integration * Strong written and verbal communication skills