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Lead Full Stack Engineer

codalinc
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 11/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/25/2026

An Introduction to Codal

Codal is an award-winning web design and development consultancy that helps enterprise organizations solve complex problems and accelerate growth through elegant, data-driven digital solutions. Our areas of expertise include application modernization, eCommerce, UX/UI design, product strategy, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. 

At Codal, you’ll collaborate with some of the most innovative organizations in the world and work on cutting-edge technologies that push the boundaries of design and software development. You’ll also be part of a community that promotes long-term success, not just for our clients but for each other. We’ll help you develop a professional roadmap that takes your career to new heights. 

Codal is seeking a highly skilled Lead Fullstack Engineer. In this role, you will manage the architecture and evolution of solutions for our diverse client base. You will be responsible for leading and mentoring a small focused team of engineers. 

We’ll need you to provide thought leadership and make significant technological decisions that modernize and maintain our systems and practices. Working alongside our product management team, you will help scope incoming project opportunities, make architecture recommendations, and solve challenges for our clients with the best available technologies. 

As a Lead Fullstack Engineer, you will make recommendations and decisions throughout project life cycles on technology, frameworks, and approaches. We’ll need you to have excellent communication skills to effectively articulate these decisions to clients, as well as our internal teams.

Key Responsibilities  

  • Guiding engineers on enterprise technologies and solutions
  • Facilitating and leading client project scope discussions with the ability to understand and articulate the business impact of proposed solutions
  • Leveraging new and emerging technologies to fulfill project requirements and business objectives
  • Mapping project requirements to technical tasks for the engineering team
  • Writing and reviewing software code
  • Writing client-readable technical architecture documentation 
  • Enforcing development best practices with the engineering team – proper code branching, code reviews, unit tests, and environment setup
  • Leading all phases of software development including design, development, testing, and support

Requirements

  • Minimum of 7 years of hands-on development experience in React/Next, Python and Node
  • Hands-on experience with  REST & GraphQL API integration
  • Able to write clear, well structured and optimized Typescript code
  • Regularly writes and uses unit test frameworks such as Jest
  • Hands-on development experience in AWS and/or GCP Cloud Services; comfortable writing and setting up serverless functions and containerized services
  • Familiarity with microservices architectures
  • Familiarity with dev tools such as Github, Jira, CFT, Terraform
  • DB experience with relational or noSQL such as PostgreSQL, , MySQL, Redshift, MongoDB, Redis
  • Familiarity with cloud-based logging, monitoring, and security tools  

Benefits and Salary

  • $140,000.00- $190,000.00, the rate of pay offered will be dependent upon candidates’ relevant skills and experience.
  • We offer medical, life, dental/vision, and many more insurance types! 
  • Paid maternity and paternity leave
  • Employer 401k match - 4%
  • Commuter benefits

Need another reason to hit the “apply” button?

  • Codal is a global agency with over 200 employees, and offices in the US, UK, and India 
  • We regularly host happy hours, dinners, excursions, and other company events to unwind after a hard day at work
  • Office snacks and drinks a fancy Bevi water machine with flavored water 
  • A recreational group that regularly competes in city leagues for softball and volleyball 
  • An office in the heart of downtown Chicago with a gym, food court, Walgreens, rooftop bar, outdoor sports court, and other amenities
  • Working hybrid for in-person collaboration and sprint-planning days 

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Note: Codal only communicates with candidates through official @codal.com email addresses. We never request payment during the hiring process. Please be vigilant regarding recruitment scams.

At Codal, we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Salary : $140,000 - $190,000

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