GAIN Experience - Senior Backend Engineer

We’re looking for an experienced  Senior Engineer  to guide and grow our engineering team while remaining hands-on with our core tech stack :   AWS Serverless, Node.js, and TypeScript . This role requires strong technical leadership combined with a product-centric mindset. You’ll not only write and review code but also help shape the design and architecture of the systems powering our platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers, driving technical delivery, mentoring, and team performance.
• Stay hands-on : write, review, and optimise clean, maintainable code in  Node.js / TypeScript .
• Design scalable serverless solutions on  AWS  using services like Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, etc.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and designers to shape features from idea to implementation.
• Make architectural decisions and help define best practices for infrastructure and software development.
• Support DevOps practices including CI / CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., CloudFormation / CDK).
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to a high-quality engineering culture.
• Drive a performance and outcome-oriented mindset across the team.

Required Skills & Experience

Nice to Have (Bonus Points)