Full Stack Development Lead

Position Summary

The Lead Full Stack Developer drives the design, delivery, and evolution of modern web applications, APIs, and system integrations, using AI to accelerate development and deliver intelligent features. This is a hands-on technical leadership role — leading a team of engineers across the front end, back end, and integration layer, setting technical direction, and building secure, scalable solutions that connect internal platforms with carrier, broker, and third-party partners. You will champion the use of AI-assisted development tools across the team and guide the adoption of AI capabilities, such as LLM-powered features, in our products

What will your job entail?

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical design and delivery of full stack solutions, owning architecture decisions, standards, and best practices.

• Mentor and coach developers, conduct code reviews, and foster a culture of quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Plan and estimate work with product and project stakeholders, break down requirements, and ensure on-time, high-quality delivery.

• Develop responsive front-end interfaces and robust back-end services using modern frameworks and languages.

• Design, build, and document RESTful APIs (OpenAPI/Swagger) with strong security (OAuth 2.0, JWT), versioning, and error handling, and define API standards for the team.

• Build and maintain integrations across policy, claims, billing, and underwriting systems, and with carrier, broker, and third-party data partners, using APIs, messaging, and event-driven patterns.

• Drive the use of AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) across the team to speed up development, code review, debugging, refactoring, test generation, and documentation, while ensuring all AI-generated output is validated for quality and security.

• Lead the integration of LLM and AI services (e.g., Claude, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI) into applications, including chatbots, document processing, summarization, search, and workflow automation.

• Own CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategy, and cloud deployments, improving reliability and release processes.

• Collaborate with product, design, QA, DevOps, and business teams in an Agile environment, and communicate technical decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 8+ years of full stack development experience, including 3+ years in a technical lead or senior leadership role.

• Proven experience leading, mentoring, and growing engineering teams.

• Experience with solution architecture, system design, and technical documentation.

Technical Skills

• Strong back-end skills in C#/.NET, Java, Node.js, or Python.

• Front-end skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and React, Angular, or Vue.

• Hands-on experience designing and consuming REST APIs and integrating third-party systems at scale.

• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools and calling LLM APIs.

• Strong understanding of API and data security best practices.

• Experience with Git and CI/CD.

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloud experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP), containers, and serverless.

• API gateway and integration platform experience (e.g., Azure API Management, MuleSoft, Logic Apps).

• Experience integrating with CRMs, ERPs, payment platforms, and other systems using webhooks, message queues, and event-driven patterns.

• Experience implementing AI patterns such as prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), embeddings and vector search, and tool/function calling.

• Experience monitoring AI features for accuracy, cost, latency, and safety, applying guardrails and responsible AI practices.

• Experience with vector databases, LangChain or similar frameworks, and AI agent or MCP-based integrations.

• Familiarity with microservices and event-driven architecture.

• Knowledge of data privacy and compliance considerations when working with AI.

• Familiarity with ACORD standards and experience in the insurance or financial services domain.

*****Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time*****

Ryan Specialty is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce throughout the organization. Our vision is an inclusive and equitable workplace where all employees are valued for and evaluated on their performance and contributions. Differences in race, creed, color, religious beliefs, physical or mental capabilities, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and many other characteristics bring together varied perspectives and add value to the service we provide our clients, trading partners, and communities. This policy extends to all aspects of our employment practices, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, discipline, firing, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, and other terms, conditions, and benefits of employment.

How We Support Our Teammates

Ryan Specialty seeks to offer our employees a comprehensive and best-in-class benefits package that helps them — and their family members — achieve their physical, financial, and emotional well-being goals. In addition to paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick and personal days, Ryan offers paid parental leave, mental health services and more.

The target salary range for this position is $128,000.00 - $160,000.00 annually.

The wage range for this role considers many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, licensure and certification, business needs, and market demands. The pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Full-time roles are eligible for bonuses and benefits. For additional information on Ryan Specialty Total Rewards, visit our website

The above is intended to describe this job's general requirements. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.