Backend Team Lead (Node.js)

About the Role
This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role where you will combine strong backend engineering expertise with technical leadership and people development.
You will work closely with Engineering, Product, Customer Success, and customers, owning execution across multiple workstreams and helping shape technical decisions from initial design through production.
We’re looking for someone who is technically strong, hands-on, AI-driven, and passionate about developing people while building scalable and reliable systems.

What We’re Looking For
6+ years of hands-on software development experience
3–5 years of experience in a technical leadership or Team Lead role
Deep hands-on expertise with Node.js — must-have
Strong experience with AWS — must-have
Experience with React — preferred
Experience with Python — advantage
Experience working with MongoDB
Strong experience designing and building scalable backend systems
Proven experience managing technical execution across multiple workstreams
Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability, reliability, and clean code principles
Experience delivering end-to-end features and projects from design through production
Experience working in a fast-paced product environment
Strong ownership mindset and ability to make technical decisions independently
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Experience leading or collaborating with global or distributed teams
Ability to communicate complex technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience participating in customer-facing technical discussions

What You’ll Be Doing
Leadership & Sprint Execution
Own Team Execution: Lead the team across multiple workstreams, ensuring high-quality delivery and strong execution throughout every sprint.
Drive Sprint Planning: Own the sprint planning process, including prioritization, capacity planning, and alignment on sprint goals and deliverables.
Cross-Team Coordination: Act as the primary bridge between your team and other departments, proactively removing blockers and managing cross-team dependencies.
Develop the Team: Improve team velocity and individual capabilities through ongoing coaching, mentoring, feedback, and identification of skill gaps.

Technical Excellence & Design
Own Technical Design: Lead the technical design of features and solutions, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, maintainable, and built according to strong engineering standards.
Stay Hands-On: Lead by example through active participation in high-scale, cloud-based development using technologies such as Node.js, AWS, and MongoDB.
Drive Code Quality: Conduct thorough code reviews and promote best practices around architecture, maintainability, performance, and engineering quality.
Partner with Product: Work closely with Product Managers to shape features from initial concept and technical design through development, release, and production.