Lead Full-Stack / Solutions Engineer (Laravel, React, Tailwind, MySQL)

About the role

Smart Wedge Ltd is a software technology consulting company focused on custom software development and intelligent business applications. It is hiring a full-time, on-site Lead Full-Stack / Solutions Engineer based in Lagos. The person in this role designs, develops and maintains end-to-end web applications using Laravel, React, Tailwind CSS and MySQL, ensuring scalable, secure and high-performing solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture decisions and write clean, testable code.
• Review contributions from other engineers and integrate third-party services and APIs.
• Collaborate with consulting and presales teams to understand client requirements and turn them into technical solutions.
• Prepare technical proposals and support solution demos.
• Mentor team members, contribute to best practices and work with stakeholders to deliver user-centric applications aligned with client goals.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams, conducting code reviews and mentoring developers.
• Sales and presales experience supporting solution design, technical presentations, proposals and product demonstrations.
• Consulting skills to gather requirements, analyse business processes and propose technology solutions.
• Ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders on site in Lagos.

Required skills

• Laravel (PHP), React, Tailwind CSS and MySQL, with experience designing scalable architectures.
• Integration with third-party APIs, internal systems and cloud services.
• Version control (e.g. Git), CI/CD pipelines and deployment to cloud or container-based environments.
• Security best practices, performance optimization and responsive UI design are highly beneficial.