Senior Application Developer (MERN / GCP / Technical Lead)
Build the Future of Construction Technology
Foundation Software is one of the fastest-growing construction software companies in the U.S. and a multi-year Northeast Ohio Top Workplace. We're seeking a Senior Application Developer who combines strong hands-on engineering skills with technical leadership, project ownership, and a passion for building modern cloud-native applications.
This role focuses on the TypeScript-based MERN stack and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) while helping evolve our broader technology ecosystem.
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Design, build, and support scalable applications using MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js (TypeScript), APIs, and GCP.
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Develop modern web applications, microservices, integrations, and cloud-native solutions deployed via containers to Google Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, and Kubernetes.
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Lead solution design and contribute to architecture decisions.
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Drive modernization initiatives that improve scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
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Lead technical projects from design through deployment.
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Coordinate work across developers, product teams, and stakeholders.
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Facilitate architecture reviews, planning sessions, and technical decision-making.
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Identify and resolve technical risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges.
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Mentor developers through code reviews, coaching, and knowledge sharing.
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Promote engineering best practices including clean architecture, dependency injection, testing, performance, and code quality.
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Partner closely with Product, QA, DevOps, Architecture, and business teams.
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Troubleshoot complex production issues using the observability stack (Sentry, OpenTelemetry, structured logging) and drive continuous improvement.
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7+ years of software development experience.
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Proven experience leading software projects and influencing technical direction.
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Strong, current expertise with TypeScript
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Strong expertise with:
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MongoDB (native Node.js driver; Mongoose a plus)
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js
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React
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js
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Hands-on experience with:
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Dependency injection / IoC containers (InversifyJS or similar)
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Redis-backed job queues (BullMQ or similar) and Google Cloud Tasks / Pub/Sub
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Auth0 / OIDC / JWT-based authentication
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Schema validation with Zod
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Modern React tooling - Redux Toolkit, React Hook Form/Formik, and Material UI (MUI) or similar
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Experience developing and deploying solutions in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Cloud Tasks, Pub/Sub, and Secret Manager.
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Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized service deployment.
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Experience building scalable web applications, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
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Experience mentoring developers and leading technical discussions.
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Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
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Experience as a Technical Lead, Lead Developer, or Project Lead.
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Experience with payments/card processing, PCI-DSS, or client-side field-level encryption.
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Experience with construction software, ERP systems, financial systems, or expense management solutions.
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Experience building or integrating expense management, AP, invoice processing, procurement, or purchasing applications.
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Experience with feature flag release management
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Experience integrating LLMs / generative AI into production applications
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Familiarity with equivalent technologies on the Azure / .NET / C# stack.
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Influence architecture and technical direction.
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Lead impactful projects and mentor other developers.
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Work with modern TypeScript, React, and GCP technologies.
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Competitive compensation, strong benefits, and career growth opportunities.
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Award-winning culture with a collaborative, employee-focused environment.
If you enjoy building modern cloud applications, leading technical initiatives, and mentoring others, we'd love to talk with you.
