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Connecticut Innovations · 2 weeks ago

Lead Full Stack Engineer, Internal Systems

New Haven, CT

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

7+ years exp

Connecticut Innovations is Connecticut’s strategic venture capital arm, passionate about serving its portfolio of companies. The Lead Full Stack Engineer will spearhead the architecture and development of internal data applications, driving efforts to build a cloud-native web app that integrates proprietary data pipelines and AI services.

BiotechnologyEnergyInformation TechnologyMedia and Entertainment

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Marina D.

Responsibilities

Define the technical vision and system design for internal data applications; translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable architectures

Build and maintain front‑end (e.g., React/TypeScript) and back‑end services (Python/FastAPI, Node.js, or Go) that integrate seamlessly with Google Cloud services and proprietary code

Collaborate with data engineering to expose curated datasets via REST/GraphQL APIs; design efficient data‑access layers and caching strategies for high‑throughput analytics

Own CI/CD, container orchestration (GKE/Cloud Run), infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform), observability, and cost management

Implement authentication/authorization, encryption in transit/at rest, and least‑privilege IAM; partner with IT to meet HIPAA and SOC 2 goals

Optimize latency and throughput; design for fault tolerance, auto‑scaling, and zero‑downtime deploys

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to full‑stack and data‑engineering teammates; establish coding standards and best practices

Work closely with neuroscientists, product owners, AI/ML engineers, and cloud architects to deliver features that unlock scientific insight

Qualification

Full-stack developmentCloud-native architectureMicroservices deploymentDatabase designData pipeline integrationWeb securityCI/CD toolsTeam mentorshipCommunication skillsCross-functional collaboration

Required

7 + years building production‑grade full‑stack applications; 3 + years in an architect or principal engineer role

Expertise with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (React, Next.js, or similar) and backend development in Python, Node.js, Go, or Java

Deep understanding of cloud‑native architectures on Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Storage) and experience designing secure VPC networks

Proven track record deploying microservices with Docker & Kubernetes; hands‑on with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Cloud Build) and infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform, Pulumi, or Deployment Manager)

Strong database design skills across relational (PostgreSQL) and analytical stores (BigQuery); familiarity with NoSQL (Firestore, MongoDB) and graph stores is a plus

Experience integrating real‑time or batch data pipelines (Dataflow / Apache Beam, Kafka) into web applications

Solid grounding in web security, OAuth/OIDC, and role‑based access control

Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills; ability to translate complex technical concepts for non‑technical audiences

Passion for Bexorg's mission and enthusiasm for working at the intersection of neuroscience, big data, and AI

Preferred

Exposure to biology, genomics, or scientific imaging data

Experience embedding data‑visualization libraries (Plotly, D3.js) in production apps

Familiarity with ML Ops, feature stores, and serving AI models at scale

Benefits

Strict wage minimums

Generous benefits

Personal leave policies

Company

Connecticut Innovations

Connecticut Innovations provides strategic capital and operational insight to to companies in high-tech industries

Founded in 1995

Rocky Hill, Connecticut, USA

11-50 employees

http://www.ctinnovations.com

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