Lead Developer

Job Description Saatchi & Saatchi is seeking a Lead Developer for an innovative AI platform initiative. You have 8+ years building production software systems and at least a few years leading or anchoring a team technically. You are a hands‑on builder and you hold the architectural picture of a multi‑tier platform — React frontend, Spring Boot backend, FastAPI agentic services, agent SDKs on top of LLM providers. You are equally comfortable reviewing a database migration, debugging a prod incident, mentoring a senior engineer, or sitting in a client architecture conversation. You thrive at the intersection of architecture, engineering, and program reality.

Responsibilities

Own the technical direction across the platform's tiers — frontend, backend, agentic/AI services, data, and integrations — and hold the shared mental model of how the system actually fits together.

Pair closely with the Senior Technical PM and Program Director to translate product intent in...