Development Lead Engineer (Node.js, React)

WE ARE StartupSoft is a team of tech experts turning ideas into products people use. PROJECT DESCRIPTION We are now looking for a Lead engineer to join the early-stage startup in sales area. STAGE MVP. TEAM co-founders. STACK: - Node.js (main language), React - MongoDB / NoSQL (current database) - SQL (target database; exact engine TBC) - ORM / framework, cloud and CI/CD: TBC Requirements: - 7+ years delivering production web applications and leading technical decisions. - Strong experience with Node.js/Express, React, MongoDB, SQL, CI/CD, cloud, and architecture. - Experience with customer-facing SaaS platforms, technical leadership, and engineering process ownership. - Strong written and verbal communication skills. Responsibilities: Engineering Excellence & SDLC - Own and evolve the Engineering SOP, including branching, PR workflow, documentation, CI/CD, release management, and operational readiness. - Drive industry best practices, including automated testing, infrastructure as code, DevSecOps, code quality standards, and observability. - Own release cadence, hotfix processes, engineering metrics, and continuous improvement. Technical Leadership & Architecture - Make architecture and implementation decisions across Express, React/Vite, Python services, databases, cloud infrastructure, and integrations. - Own MongoDB-to-SQL migration strategy, schema governance, sequencing, and delivery planning. - Define technical standards, design patterns, ADRs, and platform roadmaps. Product Development Leadership - Partner with Product and Business leaders to turn customer requirements into scalable technical solutions. - Lead technical discovery, estimation, tradeoff analysis, and roadmap planning. - Balance feature delivery, technical debt, security, reliability, and maintainability. Customer & Stakeholder Leadership - Represent Engineering in customer meetings, architecture reviews, security assessments, and escalations. - Communicate technical decisions, risks, delivery plans, and platform capabilities to customers and executives. - Support enterprise onboarding, audits, due diligence, and compliance reviews. Reliability, Security & Operations - Own production readiness, observability, monitoring, alerting, incident response, and RCA processes. - Champion secure coding, vulnerability management, access controls, secrets management, and OWASP-aligned practices. - Ensure platform scalability, resilience, performance, and operational excellence. People Leadership - Mentor engineers, assign work, conduct reviews, and foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. (Lead a team of ~ 4 junior engineers) What we offer: - 18 business days of paid vacation per year. - 10 paid sick days - Accounting support and legal consultations. - Budget for medical insurance\sports\education. - Internal English lessons. - Professional technical equipment (laptops, monitors etc). Відгукнутись на вакансію