Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer & Platform Lead

Job Description:\n\nCompany: KINTEK GROUP LLC Location: Rockville, Maryland Work Arrangement: Hybrid, with regular on-site availability required Employment Type: Full-Time Reports To: Chief of Staff Salary Range: $90,000–$115,000 annually, depending on qualifications, experience, and demonstrated technical capabilities. ABOUT KINTEK GROUP LLC KINTEK GROUP LLC is a U.S.-based integrated business-services company headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. We provide professional solutions in human resources and workforce management, payroll and financial operations, bookkeeping and accounting support, business setup and compliance, information technology support, business consulting, and related corporate services. KINTEK is developing a secure digital business-services platform that will allow administrators, employees, and business clients to manage service requests, employee onboarding, documents, tasks, invoices, communications, and other business activities through one centralized system. We are seeking an experienced and highly capable Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer & Platform Lead to direct the technical development of this platform and help establish KINTEK’s long-term technology infrastructure. POSITION SUMMARY The Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer & Platform Lead will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, deploying, securing, documenting, and maintaining the KINTEK Business Services Platform. This is a hands-on technical leadership position. The successful candidate must be able to translate business requirements into practical software solutions, develop both front-end and back-end functionality, design secure databases and system architecture, integrate third-party services, and guide additional developers or specialized contractors when required. The initial platform will support KINTEK GROUP LLC’s U.S. operations. Its architecture must also be capable of supporting separately managed KINTEK entities in Oman, Liberia, and other jurisdictions in the future without improperly combining their data, users, records, permissions, or financial activities. This position is intended for an experienced software engineer who can build a product—not solely provide general IT support, website maintenance, or network administration. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Platform Architecture and Development • Lead the design and development of the KINTEK Business Services Platform. • Convert business requirements into technical specifications, development milestones, workflows, and system architecture. • Build responsive and accessible administrator, employee, and business-client portals. • Develop secure front-end and back-end application functionality. • Design scalable databases, application programming interfaces, and system integrations. • Build the platform using modular architecture that can be expanded without requiring a complete system rebuild. • Ensure that the platform works effectively across desktop computers, tablets, and mobile devices. • Prepare the architecture for future mobile applications and international KINTEK entities. Phase 1 Modules • Administrator dashboard • Client service-request submission and tracking • Employee and client account management • Human resources and employee onboarding • Secure document upload, storage, organization, and sharing • Task assignment, workflow tracking, and approvals • Quotations, invoices, and payment-status tracking • Notifications, reminders, and activity logs • Role-based reporting and administrative oversight Security and Data Protection • Implement secure authentication and role-based access controls. • Establish appropriate permissions for administrators, employees, clients, managers, and future company entities. • Protect confidential HR, payroll, financial, legal, employee, and client information. • Implement encryption, secure credential management, audit logs, backups, recovery procedures, and system monitoring. • Incorporate secure software-development practices throughout the development lifecycle. • Conduct or coordinate vulnerability testing and security reviews before production releases. • Respond promptly to identified vulnerabilities, system incidents, and security concerns. • Ensure that development, testing, and production environments are appropriately separated. Integrations and Automation • Develop and maintain secure API integrations with approved third-party systems. • Evaluate potential integrations involving accounting, payroll, electronic signatures, email, payment processing, identity verification, customer relationship management, and document-management systems. • Recommend appropriate technology solutions based on security, cost, scalability, and business value. • Document all integrations, credentials, dependencies, and data flows. • Ensure that no external integration is implemented without proper business and security approval. Testing and Quality Assurance • Develop and execute testing procedures for platform functionality, security, performance, and usability. • Identify, document, prioritize, and correct software defects. • Test platform updates before production deployment. • Establish version-control, code-review, and release-management procedures. • Maintain reliable backup, rollback, and disaster-recovery processes. • Coordinate independent quality-assurance and cybersecurity testing when required. Technical Leadership and Project Management • Prepare realistic development plans, budgets, milestones, and progress reports. • Provide clear weekly updates to KINTEK leadership. • Explain technical issues, risks, decisions, and recommendations in understandable business language. • Identify technical risks early and recommend practical solutions. • Supervise or coordinate additional developers, designers, testers, cloud specialists, or contractors when authorized. • Review the work of outside developers and confirm that it satisfies KINTEK’s technical, security, and quality requirements. • Help recruit and evaluate future members of KINTEK’s technology team. • Maintain accountability for platform performance, documentation, and development progress. Documentation and Company Control • Maintain accurate technical documentation for the system architecture, databases, source code, integrations, configurations, APIs, workflows, testing, and deployment procedures. • Ensure that KINTEK maintains administrative control over all source-code repositories, hosting services, cloud environments, databases, domains, credentials, and third-party accounts. • Store source code only in repositories approved and controlled by KINTEK. • Ensure that all technical work can be transferred to another authorized engineer without unnecessary interruption. • Provide complete technical documentation when requested. • Protect all KINTEK confidential information, trade secrets, business methods, platform concepts, technical materials, and intellectual property. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. • At least five years of professional software-development experience. • Demonstrated experience building and launching secure web applications, SaaS platforms, business portals, or enterprise applications. • Strong full-stack development experience. • Advanced knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript. • Strong experience with React, Next.js, or a comparable modern front-end framework. • Strong experience with Node.js, Python, or another suitable back-end technology. • Experience designing and managing relational databases such as PostgreSQL. • Experience developing and integrating REST APIs or comparable application interfaces. • Experience implementing secure authentication and role-based permissions. • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Cloudflare, or comparable services. • Experience with Git, GitHub, or comparable source-code and version-control systems. • Experience deploying, monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting production applications. • Working knowledge of secure software-development practices. • Ability to independently manage priorities and complete agreed milestones. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills. • Ability to work effectively with executives, employees, clients, contractors, and nontechnical stakeholders. • Ability to provide relevant work samples or explain prior platform-development projects in detail. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Seven or more years of professional software-development experience. • Previous experience as a technical lead, lead software engineer, solutions architect, or founding engineer. • Experience developing multi-tenant or multi-company platforms. • Experience building HR, payroll, accounting, invoicing, document-management, professional services, or client-portal applications. • Experience integrating electronic-signature, accounting, payment, payroll, email, or identity management platforms. • Experience with automated testing, continuous integration, continuous deployment, containerization, and infrastructure management. • Knowledge of audit logging, encryption, secrets management, backup systems, vulnerability management, and disaster recovery. • Experience supervising developers, consultants, or offshore development teams. • Familiarity with U.S. privacy, employment-data, and business-record security considerations. • Experience preparing systems for SOC 2 or comparable security and compliance controls is beneficial. • Experience developing or supporting mobile applications is beneficial. SUCCESS MEASURES The successful candidate will be expected to: • Delivery agreed platform milestones within approved schedules and budgets. • Produce secure, maintainable, well-documented source code. • Maintain reliable development and production environments. • Demonstrate functional progress through regular platform reviews. • Provide accurate and transparent reports regarding costs, risks, delays, and dependencies. • Maintain KINTEK’s ownership and administrative control over all platform assets. • Build a stable technical foundation that can support future modules, users, integrations, and international entities. • Work collaboratively with KINTEK leadership while exercising responsible technical judgment. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS • Annual salary range: $90,000–$115,000. • Final compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, technical expertise, education, work samples, leadership capabilities, and the scope of responsibilities assigned. • Paid vacation in accordance with company policy. • Paid sick and safe leave in accordance with applicable Maryland and Montgomery County requirements and company policy. • Company-observed paid holidays. • Health insurance and other eligible employee benefits following the applicable eligibility period and subject to the terms of the company’s benefit plans. • Approved professional development or technology training opportunities may be provided based on business needs. • No commission or guaranteed bonus is currently included with this position unless separately approved and documented in writing. WORK LOCATION AND SCHEDULE This is a full-time hybrid position associated with KINTEK GROUP LLC’s Rockville, Maryland office. The employee must be available during established KINTEK business hours and attend in-person meetings whenrequired. Any remote-work arrangement is subject to company approval, business requirements, performance expectations, security requirements, and applicable company policies. Remote work does not change the employee’s obligation to protect confidential company, employee, and client information. EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS Employment will be subject to: • Verification of identity and authorization to work in the United States. • Completion of Form I-9 requirements. • Satisfactory completion of applicable background and reference checks. • Execution of KINTEK’s confidentiality, intellectual-property, information-security, and employment agreements. • Compliance with company policies and security requirements as adopted or amended from time to time. • Protection and return of all company information, equipment, credentials, files, source code, and other property. Employment with KINTEK GROUP LLC is intended to be at will to the extent permitted by applicable law. This means either the employee or KINTEK may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or advance notice, subject to applicable law and any written agreement signed by an authorized company representative. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY KINTEK GROUP LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, performance, and legitimate business requirements. KINTEK does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION KINTEK GROUP LLC will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities as required by applicable law. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may notify the company when applying. HOW TO APPLY? Qualified candidates should submit: • A current résumé. • A brief cover letter describing relevant platform development and technical-leadership experience. • Links to a professional portfolio, GitHub profile, or relevant work samples, where available. • A short description of one secure business application or SaaS platform the candidate helped build. • A description of the candidate’s specific responsibilities on that project. • Contact information for professional references, which may be requested later in the selection process. Candidates should not provide confidential source code, proprietary information, trade secrets, passwords, customer data, or materials belonging to a current or former employer. SELECTED APPLICANTS MAY BE ASKED TO COMPLETE • A structured technical interview. • A system-design discussion based on a hypothetical business platform. • A limited, time-bound technical assessment. • A review of prior projects and the candidate’s specific contribution. • A leadership and communication interview with KINTEK management. Any technical assessment assigned during recruitment will be designed for evaluation purposes and will not be used as unpaid production work.\n\nCompany Description:\n\nKINTEK GROUP LLC is a U.S.-based business services company providing integrated support to businesses, entrepreneurs, professionals, and organizations. Our services include business formation and compliance support, human resources and workforce solutions, payroll administratio

KINTEK GROUP LLC is a U.S.-based business services company providing integrated support to businesses, entrepreneurs, professionals, and organizations. Our services include business formation and compliance support, human resources and workforce solutions, payroll administration, bookkeeping and accounting support, tax-preparation services, information technology support, and business consulting. As KINTEK continues to develop its business services platform and expand its U.S. operations, we are seeking an experienced accounting and tax professional to help establish, manage, and grow our Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Tax Services Department.