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# Lead Full Stack Engineer / Houston, TX

- **Company:** Kelly Services Inc.
- **Location:** Houston, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $156,000.0 - $176,800.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Node.Js, Software Engineering, TypeScript, ReactJS, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/0D8E88F9B8D14A0A8507B3DFDC938D32/job/

## About the Role

* 7+ years of experience with TypeScript, React, Nodejs
 * Must have leadership or team lead experience
 * Recent experience with CI/CD processes, deployment processes

## Description

This role is ideal for a Lead Full Stack Engineer who wants to drive technical direction without direct people management responsibilities. The successful candidate will provide hands-on technical leadership, lead key projects, mentor engineers, and influence architecture while working closely with executive leadership. Strong expertise in React, Node.js, and TypeScript is required, along with proven experience across the full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD, DevOps, test automation, and deployment processes. The engineer will play a critical role in modernizing existing platforms, building new solutions, and improving engineering practices within a collaborative team of developers. This will be a 5days onsite opportunity in Houston, TX. Contract to hire., * Some exposure to hardware integrations

 * Leveraging AI tools day to day

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

 * 50% Front end development
 * 50% Server side development

Daily Responsibilities

 * 90% Hands On
 * 10% Management Duties
 * 100% Team Collaboration


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