Full Stack Tech Lead - Senior
Gigascale Capital · San Bruno, CA · 5 days ago
Engineering$185k–$225k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the technical design and execution of full-stack web applications, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical standards
- Evaluate and select technologies, frameworks, and tools — including AI-assisted development tooling — to improve team productivity and code quality
- Own estimates and technical delivery plans for your project area, and surface risks early
- Craft elegant, documented, and sustainable code spanning our full web stack, remaining ready to provide support for our native mobile environment when required
- Develop and optimize APIs, databases, and user interfaces
- Use AI-assisted development tools fluently as a standard part of how you write, review, and ship code
Team Collaboration & Product Partnership
- Mentor engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high coding standards
- Act as the primary technical partner to product managers on your project — informing scope, sequencing, and tradeoffs
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of professional experience in software development with a focus on full-stack development
- Deep experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, Angular, or SvelteKit)
- Strong backend experience with TypeScript/Node.js; comfort with serverless architectures (e.g. AWS Lambda) is a plus
- Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL database systems
- Experience with cloud platforms (we run AWS) and modern deployment workflows
- Fluency with AI-assisted development workflows (e.g. Claude Code, Copilot) as a genuine part of your day-to-day practice
- Strong software architecture fundamentals (e.g. microservices, serverless)
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with our specific stack: SvelteKit (web, deployed on Vercel), React Native (mobile), AWS Lambda with CDK (TypeScript) and Middy
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform, CDK)
- Strong understanding of security best practices in web development
- Prior experience working at a hardware company, particularly collaborating with firmware teams
- Prior experience in a people-management role, or clear interest and readiness to grow into one over time