Full-Stack Tech Lead (FTE)
Indexed description
The Role:
We are looking for a skilled Lead Full-Stack Engineer (Tech Lead) to join our team. This role is both hands-on and leadership-oriented, requiring the ability to lead technical conversations, contribute to architectural decisions, and guide engineering efforts across the full stack. The ideal candidate will own end-to-end feature delivery, actively contribute to development, and play a key role in shaping technical direction by evaluating existing systems and driving architectural decisions that support future scalability. You will work closely with client stakeholders, product, and engineering teams, participating in ongoing discussions, providing technical insight, and ensuring alignment between business needs and technical execution.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end feature delivery across the full stack (React, Node.js, database layer)
- Lead technical discussions with stakeholders and contribute to client-facing conversations around system design and implementation
- Design and drive architectural decisions including API design, data modeling, service boundaries, and caching strategies
- Evaluate existing systems and contribute to defining scalable, forward-looking solutions
- Set and maintain a high bar for code quality through reviews, tooling, and best practices
- Profile performance and debug issues across the stack, from browser to backend systems
- Design and maintain scalable search infrastructure, with a focus on Algolia
- Provide guidance to engineers and support coordination of development efforts across the team
- Participate in incident response, post-mortems, and long-term reliability improvements
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and leadership teams to deliver high-impact features
- 7+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering
- Proven ability to contribute to architectural decisions and system design in complex environments
- Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., LLM-based assistants) to improve development workflows, including code generation, debugging, testing, and overall engineering efficiency
- Strong expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript
- Advanced experience with React (hooks, modern patterns, performance optimization)
- Strong backend development experience with Node.js
- Experience designing REST and/or GraphQL APIs
- Strong knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred), including query optimization and indexing
- Experience with caching systems such as Redis
- Familiarity with authentication patterns (JWT, OAuth, session management)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Strong understanding of observability, logging, and system reliability
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to participate in technical discussions with both engineering teams and stakeholders
- Strong hands-on experience with Algolia (highly preferred)
- Experience with Next.js, React Server Components, or micro-frontend architectures
- Experience with message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
- Familiarity with serverless or edge runtimes
- Experience with Docker and containerized environments
- Exposure to Kubernetes or infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi)
- Experience with domain-driven design or clean architecture principles
- Experience mentoring engineers or contributing to open-source projects
- Beverly Hills, CA (On-site 3 days per week)
- W2 - Full Time
- Unlimited PTO
- Health + Dental + Vision + Life Insurance
- Long Term disability + 401k Match
- Professional Development Opportunities
- 150k - 170k annual salary + benefits
- Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time
Create a free Caio profile to unlock more results and save your role and location preferences.
Unlock free search