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# AI First Lead Developer

- **Company:** VeeRteq Solutions Inc
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Software Engineering, TypeScript, ReactJS, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Microservices
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/0e9fcd85-fc41-4d35-89eb-89b74a99d0f8

## About the Role

Skills: Full Stack .NET, React, TypeScript, Kafka, Microservices, Cloud-Native Architecture, AI Coding Assistants (Copilot/Claude), Test Automation, Team Leadership, * Min 10 14 years in software engineering with 3+ years leading development teams.

 * Strong hands-on expertise in Full-Stack .NET, React and TypeScript; working knowledge of Kafka.
 * Demonstrable experience using AI coding assistants on live projects - not evaluation or pilot exposure.
 * Microservices, REST API design and cloud-native delivery on Azure or AWS with mature CI/CD.
 * Strong test automation practice across unit, integration and end-to-end layers.
 * Ability to coach and raise the technical bar across a team.

## Description

* Lead a pod of eight engineers; own technical execution, sprint delivery and code quality.
 * Operate the spec-driven development workflow end to end - specification, plan, task breakdown, generation, validation and review.
 * Act as merge authority; critically review AI-generated code against standards, security and coverage thresholds.
 * Coach engineers on specification authoring, agent steering and output verification.
 * Contribute reusable prompts, patterns and context assets to the project knowledge layer.
 * Own test-first discipline within the pod and ensure automated coverage gates are met.


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