Lead Full Stack Engineer (Python, Fast API, AWS, React)

CGI • Bloomfield, CT

2d • $80,600 - $211,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

We CGI is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Full Stack Engineer (Python, Fast API, AWS, React) for MetagenAI, an enterprise AI-powered metadata management platform. This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring someone who can drive architecture decisions while actively coding across the full stack. The candidate will take technical ownership of the project, design scalable solutions, and mentor the team. This position can be performed from any Client site Dallas, TX, Austin, TX, Bloomfield, CT, Raleigh, NC or Lafayette, LA in a Hybrid working Model.

Requirements

• At least 9+ years of overall software development experience required
• Python – FastAPI / Django / Flask
• RESTful APIs – Design and implementation
• SQLAlchemy ORM
• Async programming (async/await)
• React – Modern React with hooks
• JavaScript / TypeScript (ES6+)
• State management (Redux / Context API)
• Material-UI or similar component libraries
• PostgreSQL – Production experience, query optimization
• SQL – Complex queries, indexing, schema design
• AWS – Hands-on with multiple services (EC2, S3, Lambda, Glue, EKS)
• Docker – Containerization
• Kubernetes / EKS – Container orchestration
• CI/CD – Jenkins / GitLab / GitHub Actions
• Microservices – Designed and implemented distributed systems
• System design – Scalability, performance, reliability
• API patterns – REST best practices

Nice To Haves

• LangChain or LLM orchestration frameworks
• OpenAI API integration experience
• Prompt engineering and embeddings
• Semantic search implementation
• Neo4j or graph databases (Cypher)
• Vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector)
• AWS Glue or Apache Spark
• ETL / ELT pipelines
• Data profiling and quality assessment

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural decisions and technical roadmap
• Establish coding standards and best practices
• Lead design reviews and technical discussions
• Mentor developers and conduct code reviews
• Implement complex features (frontend + backend)
• Optimize performance (APIs, queries, UI)
• Debug production issues
• Write clean, maintainable code
• Translate requirements into technical designs
• Work with product, data, and AI teams
• Communicate technical decisions to stakeholders

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Wellness and Well-being programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level