Job Description Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai! Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named to the Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals 2025-2026" rankings. When you join our team, you'll gain access to our groundbreaking biomedical research facilities and sophisticated medical education programs. We offer learning programs, tuition reimbursement and performance-improvement projects so you can achieve certifications and degrees while gaining the knowledge and experience needed to advance your career. The Consumer Digital Innovation team at Cedars-Sinai understands that true mobile and web transformation and the optimization of a digital platform implementation is fueled through the alignment of the right people, processes, and technologies.
Why Work Here Beyond an outstanding benefit package and competitive salaries, we take pride in hiring the best, most committed employees. Our staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a multifaceted, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.
Job Summary The Lead Full-Stack Developer will work with a multidisciplinary team to design, build, and evolve Cedars-Sinai's patient-centric digital platforms. This role serves as a senior technical leader responsible for full-stack architecture, implementation, and mentorship across modern web applications supporting cedars-sinai.org and cedars-sinai.edu.
Key Responsibilities • Contribute hands-on code while guiding technical direction across front-end, back-end, and integration layers, serving as a key liaison between engineering, design, product, analytics, and business stakeholders. • Lead full-stack development efforts across modern web applications, contributing hands-on code in both front-end and back-end systems. • Collaborate on and evolve Cedars-Sinai's Composable Front-End Architecture, employing React 19, TypeScript, and modern tooling. • Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express (or similar frameworks). • Implement spec-driven development practices using OpenAPI and Swagger to define and enforce API contracts. • Collaborate with multi-functional teams to define requirements, data contracts, and integration patterns. • Build, deploy, and manage API services and infrastructure within the AWS cloud environment. • Partner closely with CMS platforms including Adobe AEM and Webflow, providing guidance on enterprise usage, scalability, governance, and custom integrations. • Lead initiatives involving Webflow, including Designer standard methodologies, custom development, API-based data exchange, and platform adoption strategies. • Support advanced search and discovery experiences, including tuning and integrating platforms such as Yext. • Contribute to Conversational AI initiatives by supporting integration patterns, APIs, and front-end experiences. • Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar) to improve development efficiency and code quality. • Establish and enforce coding standards, peer-review practices, and architectural patterns. • Mentor and guide developers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical problem-solving. • Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for WCAG 2.2 Level AA accessibility, performance, security, and maintainability. • Produce and maintain technical documentation, architectural diagrams, and implementation guidance. • Serve as technical liaison to internal customers, research groups, and business partners.
Qualifications Experience Requirements: • Eight (8) plus years of professional software development experience, with a solid focus on full-stack web applications. • Deep experience in React and TypeScript, including modern patterns, performance optimization, and state management. • Solid experience with Composable or SPA architectures in enterprise environments. • Hands-on experience with modern front-end tooling such as Vite, Yarn, Storybook, and related ecosystems. • Solid back-end development experience using Node.js, including REST API design and implementation. • Experience with OpenAPI/Swagger and spec-driven API development. • Experience deploying and operating services on AWS, including CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure concepts. • Experience integrating and extending enterprise CMS platforms, including Adobe AEM and Webflow. • Familiarity with search platforms and complex data models; experience with Yext is strongly preferred. • Exposure to Conversational AI platforms or AI-driven digital experiences. • Demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tools to improve efficiency and quality. • Solid grasp of web accessibility standards (WCAG, Section 508, WAI-ARIA). • Security-minded development practices. • Demonstrable experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring developers.
Educational Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. • Advanced degrees or relevant technical certifications are a plus.
Cedars Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the United States, and it is the largest private academic medical center in the Western United States. The Cedars Sinai main campus, which encompasses nearly 24 acres, is located at the point where the cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood meet. Cedars Sinai has been recognized annually by U.S. News & World Report’s top 10 best hospitals in the U.S. The institution most recently placed No. 7 among a select group of 20 Honor Roll hospitals and ranked nationally in a dozen specialties. In addition, Cedars Sinai ranked No. 3 in California and No. 2 in the Los Angeles metro area.
Within Cedars Sinai, the Institute for Research on Health Aging conducts multi-disciplinary research that prioritizes the prevention of cardiovascular disease, neurocognitive disease, and cancer. Our focus is on translating new research discoveries into pragmatic interventions aimed at promoting healthy aging across diverse populations. Our approach involves human physiology, cohort, and clinical trial studies and our team includes established experts in population, clinical, translational, basic, and data science.