Lead Full Stack Developer - AI Native

Job Title – Lead Full Stack Developer – AI Native

Duration – Long Term (90 Days Initial Engagement)
Work Mode – Onsite
Work Location – Plano, TX

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Full Stack Developer who operates AI as a foundational part of modern software engineering and can lead teams in adopting AI-native development practices. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership capabilities, driving architecture, delivery excellence, and engineering innovation across full stack applications and AI-enabled workflows.

This role requires a hands-on technical leader who has successfully integrated AI into the software development lifecycle — including code generation, review automation, agentic task execution, and developer productivity optimization — while mentoring teams and influencing engineering standards.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture, and delivery of scalable full stack applications and AI-enabled engineering solutions
• Drive adoption of AI-native development workflows across engineering teams to improve productivity, code quality, and delivery velocity
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to developers across frontend, backend, cloud, and AI integration initiatives
• Establish engineering best practices, coding standards, CI/CD processes, and architectural governance
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, product teams, and business leaders to define technical roadmaps and solution strategies
• Architect and implement secure, scalable REST APIs and third-party platform integrations
• Lead modernization initiatives using cloud-native and event-driven architectures
• Evaluate and integrate emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and developer tooling into enterprise applications
• Conduct architecture reviews, technical design sessions, and code quality assessments
• Support production deployments, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and operational excellence initiatives

AI-Native Engineering Requirements

• Advanced proficiency with AI coding assistant tools such as Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar platforms using multi-file, codebase-aware workflows, rules, plugins, and MCP servers
• Strong experience leveraging AI for code generation, refactoring, documentation, testing, and engineering automation
• Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, or equivalent agentic AI frameworks
• Strong understanding of RAG pipeline architecture, prompt engineering, vector search, and production AI use cases
• Experience with AWS Bedrock, Azure AI, OpenAI, or equivalent managed AI services
• Ability to guide teams in implementing AI-assisted engineering practices and governance standards

Qualifications & Experience Required (10+ Years)

• Strong experience with .NET / C#, Node.js, and TypeScript
• Expertise in Azure services including App Services, Event Hub, Azure Functions, and Azure DevOps
• Extensive experience designing scalable distributed systems and REST APIs
• Proven leadership experience managing technical initiatives, mentoring developers, and driving delivery outcomes
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture, microservices, CI/CD, and DevOps practices
• Experience integrating enterprise platforms, third-party systems, payment gateways, or POS systems
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills

Required Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.

Good to Have

• Databricks or Azure Data Platform experience
• AWS cloud infrastructure familiarity
• Experience with enterprise retail, commerce, payment gateway, or POS integrations
• Exposure to AI governance, observability, and LLMOps practices
• Prior experience leading distributed or offshore engineering teams

ABOUT ISHIR

ISHIR is a digital innovation and enterprise AI services provider. We work with startups and enterprises to shape the future through accelerated innovation, deep technical expertise, access to global digital talent and a passion for complex problem-solving. With our help, our clients overcome their most difficult digital challenges leveraging AI.
We are not just consultants, we are partners in our clients success, assisting them with re(gaining) competitive edge by identifying opportunities for differentiation, industry disruption, scalable innovation, and go-to-market strategies that deliver successful outcomes.
At ISHIR, we help bold businesses accelerate innovation through Talent, Speed-to-Market, and AI. We help make an impact by solving real problems using innovation, improved customer experiences and the right technologies.
As an ISHIR employee, you will get the advanced training you need to be successful, and the opportunity to apply it. You must be passionate about technology, crave responsibility, and be eager to apply your knowledge to real business solutions for our startup and enterprise customers. These are the qualities of a person destined for success at ISHIR.
ISHIR attracts a special type of individual someone who is proactive, thrives on challenges, feeds off success, and looks at moving targets not as obstacles but as opportunities. ISHIR is an exciting place to work. It is imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit and promotes self-reliance, open communication, and collaboration.