Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

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About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable backend systems. This is a hands on leadership role with responsibilities spanning architecture, coding, and mentoring, while partnering closely with Product and cross functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build reliable, testable, production ready backend services.
• Drive architectural decisions and own features end to end.
• Write clean, maintainable code with strong test coverage.
• Mentor engineers and set best practices across the team.
• Oversee system monitoring, incident response, and workflow improvements.
• Collaborate cross functionally and contribute to hiring efforts.

Requirements

• 5+ years backend experience, 4+ years with Node.js & TypeScript.
• Strong expertise in AWS (Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, CloudFormation).
• Experience with serverless, microservices, event driven architectures.
• Skilled in TDD, CI/CD, REST/GraphQL APIs, secure coding.
• Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Startup/fast paced environment experience preferred.

Seniority level

Mid Senior level

Employment type

Full time

Job function

Other

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

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