Lead Engineer - Full Stack Technologies

Responsibilities :

1. Stabilize & Scale the Platform : Tackle systemic bottlenecks, improve fault tolerance, and ensure high availability for mission-critical phone services.

2. Efficiency & Performance : Optimize resource usage (CPU, memory, network) to handle millions of operations while reducing cloud costs.

3. Tech Debt & Modernization : Lead long-term refactoring efforts, deprecate legacy systems, and introduce scalable patterns.

4. Security & Compliance : Strengthen data protection, access controls, and auditability across the platform.Developer

5.Velocity : Improve tooling, observability, and automation to accelerate engineering workflows.

6. Cross-Team Collaboration : Work with product, infrastructure, and other engineering teams to align on platform priorities.

7. Mentorship & Leadership : Guide engineers, set architectural standards, and drive the platform roadmap.

Requirements :

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience (e.g. Nodejs), including designing fault-tolerant systems and working on high-scale platforms.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous job processing
• Strong experience with relational and NoSQL data models (especially with complex temporal data)
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, Angular) and building full-stack web applications.
• Proven track record of architecting complex systems and delivering scalable, high-performance web apps in production.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, API design, and microservices architecture in a multi-tenant environment.
• Skilled in guiding technical architecture, making high-impact engineering decisions, and mentoring fellow engineers.
• Experience with code quality practices, automated testing, CI / CD pipelines, and dev tooling optimization.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with clear and collaborative communication across
• Preferred Experience : Experience with AI Tools and contributions to open-source tools, internal platforms or engineering blogs

(ref : hirist.tech)