Backend Team Lead (Node.js)
8.0/10
BrainRocket
$55,000 – $88,000 USD
Office / on-site
lead
11 days ago
devfintechigamingmarketingtechNode.jsKubernetesSQLNoSQLRESTful APIsmicroservicescloud-based development
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Description
What you'll do
- •Lead, mentor, and manage backend engineers through regular one-to-one sessions, feedback, performance evaluations, and individual development plans.
- •Actively write, review, and refactor code and directly contribute to building and improving our systems.
- •Participate in agile ceremonies (Scrum/Kanban) to ensure team alignment and adherence to agile best practices.
- •Enhance system quality by resolving technical debt, optimizing architecture and flows, and performing data cleaning and restructuring.
- •Design solutions and make key technical decisions for changes and enhancements.
- •Assign tasks and balance workloads within the team to ensure efficient delivery.
- •Collaborate with Engineering Managers to adopt the latest technologies and drive company-wide engineering initiatives.
- •Document domain knowledge, improve engineering standards, and contribute to initiatives that enhance the broader engineering organization.
Conditions
- •Learning and development opportunities and interesting challenging tasks;
- •Relocation package (tickets, staying in a hotel for 2 weeks);
- •Company fitness corner in the office for employees;
- •Opportunity to develop language skills and partial compensation for the cost of language classes;
- •Birthday celebration present;
- •Time for proper rest and 24 working days of Annual Vacation;
Requirements
- •Bachelor’s, Master’s, or higher degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
- •8+ years of professional backend development experience.
- •3+ years of experience in leadership positions.
- •Strong experience with Node.js and modern web development.
- •Knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, infrastructure, system design, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
- •Experience with RESTful APIs, message brokers, 3rd party integrations, and secure development practices.
- •Familiarity with CI/CD, microservices, cloud-based development, and test-driven development is a plus.
- •Deep understanding of data structures, coding patterns, and algorithms.
- •Experience with agile methodologies, ideally Scrum.
- •Excellent problem-solving, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills.
- •Strong leadership, organizational, and mentoring abilities.
- •Upper-intermediate or advanced English.
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