Senior/Principal Full Stack Engineer - Front-End

Senior/Principal Full Stack Engineer – Front-End
Location: Raleigh, NC (onsite)
Reports To: Director of Web/Mobile Development and VP of Engineering
Employment Type: Full-Time | Exempt
Travel: Minimal (a few times a year)

Role Overview

Kelaca is partnering with a fast-scaling technology innovator based in Raleigh, NC to find a Senior/Principal Full Stack Engineer – Front-End ready to build enterprise-grade web and mobile products that power asset-intensive industries.

Our client builds software that connects people, assets, and performance across complex environments. This role is for a senior engineer who thrives at the intersection of craftsmanship, autonomy, and cross-platform development — a technical leader who still loves to ship.

You’ll be a hands-on contributor and key technical voice within the web and mobile engineering group, driving architecture, design, and implementation across React , Xamarin/Maui , and C#/.NET solutions.

This is an individual-contributor position with significant product ownership — you’ll lead delivery for one product line, guiding technical direction, mentoring peers, and ensuring quality that scales.

What Success Looks Like

30–90 Days

• Develop deep understanding of architecture, development patterns, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarization with technical challenges (architecture and theories on solutions)
• Assess, evaluate, modify, and implement solutions (familiar with code base)
• Build trust across engineering, QA, and product partners.
• Begin contributing production-ready code across front-end and full-stack surfaces.
• Learning, listening and evaluating team structure (0-45 days).
• Implementing leadership techniques to take on more ownership of products (45-90 days).

90–180 Days

• Lead end-to-end development of new features or enhancements within your product area.
• Mentor engineers across the stack in modern front-end and mobile patterns.
  • Provide technical guidance to mid/junior developers on implementation of features.
  • Influence front-end standards, component reuse, and performance optimization.
  • Drive improvements in test coverage, accessibility, and user experience consistency.

    12 Months

• Act as technical owner for a full product line.
• Deliver consistent, on-time releases with high quality and measurable performance gains.
• Shape roadmap decisions with engineering leadership, balancing velocity and maintainability.

Core Outcomes & Metrics

• Delivery Predictability: Stories committed vs. achieved, with stable sprint throughput.
• Quality: Reduction in escaped defects, improved coverage, consistent review cadence.
• Performance: Faster load times, smoother mobile interactions, efficient builds.
• Engagement: Positive feedback from peers and stakeholders; visible growth impact.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain performant, reusable, and reliable front-end and cross-platform components in React , Xamarin/Maui , and .NET .
• Partner with Product and Design to deliver elegant, accessible, and intuitive user experiences.
• Implement and extend RESTful APIs in collaboration with back-end teams.
• Strengthen CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment workflows.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Lead by example through thoughtful code reviews, technical mentorship, and ownership of complex modules.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement, strong testing discipline, and clean, maintainable code.

How You Work

• You balance autonomy with accountability — self-driven but highly collaborative.
• You value design systems, reusable components, and performance discipline.
• You communicate with precision and clarity across functions.
• You thrive in an environment that rewards ownership, curiosity, and craft.
• You treat reliability and maintainability as core features, not afterthoughts.

Skills, Experience, and Tools That Matter

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 7–10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Deep expertise in React , C#/.NET , and REST API integration.
• Experience with Xamarin or MAUI mobile frameworks.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design , SOLID principles , and design patterns .
• Proficiency with CI/CD , unit/integration testing , and version control (Git) .
• Familiarity with SQL Server , PostgreSQL , or equivalent relational databases.
• Proven ability to debug, optimize, and maintain production systems.
• Experience mentoring developers and influencing engineering practices.
• Use of AI to create source code and integration test (Claude+cursor preferred)

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Azure , Docker , Kubernetes , or cloud-native deployment .
• Exposure to ERP integrations (SAP, Oracle, Maximo) is a plus.

The Bottom Line

Simply put, they’re a very successful software company, and they’re not going to settle for “B” and “C” players. If you know you’re an “A” player and you want to work for a company that’s also an “A” player they’re waiting for you. Let’s get to work.

NO THIRD PARTIES.

Apply to Kelaca today so we can schedule a conversation with you to further discuss this exciting opportunity.

Kelaca is an Equal Employment Opportunity company and does not discriminate in employment based on: age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, veteran status, genetic information, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or other non-merit factor.