Lead Engineer - Node.js / TypeScript

Description :

• Tech stack : We use TypeScript (Node.js & React), AWS (EKS, Lambda, Aurora RDS), Kubernetes, GraphQL, Kafka, Mongo. Youre comfortable with all of these, and have extensive knowledge of JavaScript more generally, the AWS ecosystem, and running containerised applications.
• Past Experience : You are currently a Lead Engineer or Tech Lead, leading a small team of software engineers.
• API & Database Development : You have experience building and running robust, always-on APIs (both RESTful and GraphQL-based) and underlying services / apps including the databases that underpin them.
• Test-Driven Development : You're very familiar with testing frameworks such as Jest and Pact.
• Cloud & DevOps : You can build, deploy and run your systems end-to-end, with no manual configuration or intervention. We use Terraform and Helm.
• CI / CD : You have plenty experience managing and configuring CI / CD pipelines (we use GitHub Actions) for deployments.
• Observability Mindset : You believe in measuring everything. Youve worked with DataDog (or similar) to ensure your team has the necessary visibility into system health.
• Tooling & Collaboration : Comfortable working with Git, Confluence, Jira, and modern engineering workflows.
• Mentorship & Leadership : Youve mentored engineers at all levels, providing guidance, reviewing designs, and ensuring your team stays on the right track.
• Self-Starter & Problem-Solver : Ability to take a product challenge and develop a working technical solution, balancing pragmatism with engineering excellence

(ref : hirist.tech)