Senior Full Stack Engineer (React, Node.js)

Who We Are
ghSMART is a premier leadership advisory firm trusted by CEOs, boards, and investors to solve their most critical leadership and talent decisions. For more than 30 years, we’ve partnered with many of the world’s most influential leaders and organizations to build winning leadership teams and amplify positive impact. Recognized for excellence, ghSMART consistently earns top rankings in industry surveys (e.g., Vault Consulting awards) and is featured in Forbes’ list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms. Our culture is entrepreneurial and collaborative, with a strong focus on innovation and client success. Our team is made up of nearly 200 extraordinary individuals across the U.S., Europe, and APAC, who become trusted advisors to these leaders, helping amplify their positive impact on the world. We advise on the art and science of building winning leadership teams, doing meaningful work every day.
What You’ll Do
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Full Stack Engineer with exceptional coding expertise in Node.js and React, along with experience in cloud technologies and services (Azure is a plus) and large language models (LLMs), including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and fine-tuning, to join our innovative team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to leverage your coding skills to design and develop advanced internal solutions that enhance our ability to serve clients effectively. You will collaborate with a talented team on impactful projects involving LLMs and cloud-based architecture in Azure, utilizing modern tech stacks like Node.js and React. Your coding expertise will be instrumental in mentoring the team and contributing to architectural decisions. Inside ghSMART’s Proprietary AI Leadership Intelligence Platform

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain advanced internal software solutions using Node.js and React to enhance our service delivery capabilities. 
• Be hands-on in both coding and leading architectural discussions and decisions, using React and Node.js to ensure that software solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and seamlessly integrated across frontend and backend development. 
• Develop and document architectural designs. 
• Utilize your expertise in web technologies (React, Node, TypeScript, etc.) and proven track record of developing end-to-end products on the Azure platform. 
• Integrate and fine-tune large language models (LLMs), including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), to support innovative project initiatives. 
• Conduct thorough testing and maintenance of existing software to ensure reliability, performance, and alignment with evolving business needs.
• Take on additional tasks and responsibilities as needed to support team objectives and project goals. 

You Bring

• 5+ years of software engineering.  
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science or related field.  
• Superior written and verbal communication skills and project management capabilities. 
• Ability to handle sensitive information with the highest degree of integrity and confidentiality. 
• Cloud Architectures: Deep understanding of cloud platforms. Knowledge in Microsoft Azure is a plus.  
• Technology Assessment: Ability to evaluate and select appropriate technologies to meet business objectives.  
• Data Modeling: Knowledge of data architecture, including data lakes, data warehouses, and big data solutions. 
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server / Postgres and database design.  
• Front-End Development: Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and React. 
• Back-End Development: Understanding of RESTful API design and microservices architecture. Should be well versed in Node.
• Source Control: Knowledge of Git or other version control systems.  
• DevOps: Familiarity with Microsoft Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and other Azure services is beneficial.  
• Cloud: Experience with cloud technologies and services. Microsoft Azure, including Azure App Services, Azure Functions is a plus.

Why join ghSMART?
Meaningful Impact Everyday: We believe leadership is the greatest force for good.  At ghSMART, whether you're guiding the world’s top leaders or helping power the firm from within, you play a vital role in solving our clients’ greatest challenge: building and developing talented, diverse teams that fuel lasting success. Together, we help leaders amplify their positive impact—on their organizations, their people, and the world.
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