What Will You Do:
Lead, coach, and mentor a team of full-stack engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
Oversee the design and implementation of complex features spanning engine logic and backend services, ensuring the team writes robust, scalable, and maintainable code.
Own the end-to-end delivery of features across multiple services; break down high-level product initiatives into clear tasks, manage dependencies, and provide accurate timelines.
Lead architectural decisions and service design, clearly articulating trade-offs and ensuring modules are scalable and align with long-term platform goals.
Act as the escalation point for complex production incidents.
Enforce high standards for testing and monitoring.
Partner closely with Product, QA, and other Engineering Leads to unblock delivery, align on priorities, and ensure shared ownership of the product roadmap.
Strong expertise in the teams core stack (Node.js, Relational/NoSQL databases) with the ability to jump into the code and execute complex implementations when necessary.
Proven ability to design scalable modules and services within a distributed domain context.
Proactively identifies and implements improvements to team processes, deployment strategies, and development tooling.
Ability to lead the team through technical pivots and independently learn/adopt new technologies as the stack evolves.
Requirements:
At least 2 years of experience in a Team Lead role or as a dedicated Lead Engineer directly managing a team's output and professional development.
A minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a Full-stack Developer.
Solid grasp of web fundamentals and extensive experience with Node.js and various database architectures.
Thorough understanding of the Document Object Model (DOM), including event delegation, browser rendering pipelines, and DOM manipulation performance.
Proficiency in CI/CD workflows and familiarity with cloud infrastructure basics.
Deep understanding of performance optimization, secure coding, and modern deployment strategies.
Proven track record of diagnosing complex, cross-stack issues and production incidents.
Advantages:
Hands-on experience managing infrastructure within GCP.
Architectural experience with MongoDB.
Experience with Python – a plus.
Experience working with LLM frameworks – a plus.
Advocacy for web accessibility (WCAG) and responsive design standards (a big plus).
