Lead Backend Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead Backend Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable cloud-native applications. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for architecting modern backend solutions, mentoring engineers, and driving engineering best practices while building highly available applications on AWS.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance backend applications.
• Architect cloud-native solutions using AWS services and serverless technologies.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, Designers, and Engineering teams to deliver business solutions.
• Lead technical design discussions and establish development standards and best practices.
• Develop REST APIs and backend services using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Create technical documentation and architectural designs.
• Participate in code reviews and mentor junior engineers.
• Lead Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, grooming, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
• Implement CI/CD and DevOps best practices.
• Design and implement observability solutions using CloudWatch and monitoring tools.
• Develop and implement Generative AI solutions including LLM-powered applications and RAG architectures.
• Collaborate on AI implementation strategies and reusable engineering frameworks.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience designing and developing scalable web applications.
• 3+ years of backend development using Node.js with TypeScript.
• Strong experience with AWS Cloud Services, including:Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SNS, SQS, Step Functions, API Gateway, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch.
• Experience with Amazon Redshift and Amazon DynamoDB.
• Strong JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript development experience.
• Experience with React.js and modern front-end development.
• Hands-on experience with Next.js.
• Experience building RESTful APIs and event-driven applications.
• Strong knowledge of asynchronous programming.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redshift, and DynamoDB.
• Experience implementing observability using CloudWatch, logging, metrics, and monitoring.
• Hands-on experience developing Generative AI applications, including:Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LLM integrations, AI-powered applications.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong system design, architecture, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch.
• Experience building AI-powered enterprise applications.
• Experience designing highly scalable distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of serverless architectures.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Technical Skills: Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6), React.js, Next.js, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, Amazon S3, Amazon SNS, Amazon SQS, Step Functions, API Gateway, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MySQL, REST APIs, Serverless Architecture, Generative AI, LLM, RAG, CI/CD, Agile/Scrum, Git.