Backend Lead Engineer
Core
Technical backbone of a squad of 5-7 engineers, designing, coding, and building greenfield cloud-native systems from the ground up.
Role type
Senior IC Backend Lead Engineer
Builds
Scalable, well-architected software and greenfield systems using modern cloud-native technologies.
Domain
Financial Services, Travel, and Retail (Loyalty and Benefits)
Required skills
TypeScript, Node.js, AWS (EKS, Lambda, Aurora RDS), Kubernetes, GraphQL, Kafka, Mongo, Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, Jest, Pact, DataDog
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
Typescript, AWS, GraphQL, Kafka, Mongo, Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, DataDog, Jest, Pact
Responsibilities
Lead from the front writing code daily, refine technical requirements, make key architectural decisions, mentor engineers, build and deploy systems end-to-end, manage CI/CD pipelines, ensure observability.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
