{"id":39323,"date":"2026-07-16T14:42:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/full-stack-tech-lead\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:29:38","slug":"full-stack-tech-lead","status":"publish","type":"ch_job","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/full-stack-tech-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Stack Tech Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Full Stack Tech Lead, you&#8217;ll own the technical direction of a core product team while remaining deeply embedded in the codebase. You&#8217;ll lead a small group of engineers from architecture discussions to production deployments, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution. 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