Team Lead React/ Node.js

We are seeking a Team Lead React/ Node.js to lead a small, high-impact engineering team

responsible for our customer-facing web platform and API, and an internal platform used for AI

model training. This role is both hands-on and leadership-oriented, with a strong focus on technical

ownership, system design, and product-team collaboration.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in modern TypeScript-based development

with experience guiding engineers, improving workflows, and shipping high-quality features in a

fast-paced startup environment.

Key ResponsibilitiesTeam Leadership

Lead a team of two full stack developers and one QA engineer.

Provide ongoing mentorship, code reviews, and technical direction.

Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and maintain smooth execution of sprints.

Ensure high engineering standards, testing quality, and delivery velocity.

Technical Ownership

Own the development and maintenance of our customer-facing web platform (React +Node.js), external APIs and Internal Platform.

Lead architecture, design, and implementation of backend services using AWS Lambda

(serverless) and containerized workloads on EC2.

Oversee performance, reliability, and scalability of the Postgres RDS database.

Drive improvements to CI/CD pipelines, build systems, testing strategy, and infrastructure

reliability.

Ecosystem & Tooling

Work within a monorepo environment.

Manage Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation.

Maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting pipelines using Coralogix.

Ensure robust automated testing using Cypress and Vitest.

Maintain Docker-based development environments and EC2 deployments.Cross-Team Collaboration

Partner directly with Product Managers to translate requirements into technical plans.

Coordinate with other engineering teams under the CTO to align architecture, standards, and

shared components.

Key Projects They Will Own

Customer-facing web platform (React + Node.js + AWS) and API.

Internal platform for AI model training, including backend services and supporting tooling.

Ongoing modernization and scaling efforts across the stack.

Culture & Working Style

Scrum-based, iterative development

High autonomy—engineers are trusted to own problems end-to-end

Fast-paced startup with rapid decision-making and high impact

Qualifications

Strong experience with TypeScript across frontend and backend.

Hands-on experience with React, Node.js, AWS Lambda, EC2, Postgres RDS, and Docker.

Experience leading or mentoring engineers.

Solid understanding of CI/CD (GitHub Actions), automated testing, logging, and monitoring.

Ability to work directly with Product and translate requirements into architecture and tasks.

Nice to Have

Knowledge of serverless design patterns.

Experience in performance tuning for Postgres and Node.js.

Hiring Process

Technical screening

Culture and leadership interview with CTO