Lead Software Engineer
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About the Role
Flatgigs is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to design and deliver secure, scalable backend systems. This hands-on leadership role involves architecture, coding, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration.
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Responsibilities
- Design and build reliable, testable, production ready backend services
- Drive architectural decisions and own features end to end
- Write clean, maintainable code with strong test coverage
- Mentor engineers and set best practices across the team
- Oversee system monitoring, incident response, and workflow improvements
- Collaborate cross functionally and contribute to hiring efforts
Requirements
- 5+ years backend experience
- 4+ years with Node.js & TypeScript
- Strong expertise in AWS (Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, CloudFormation)
- Experience with serverless, microservices, event driven architectures
- Skilled in TDD, CI/CD, REST/GraphQL APIs, secure coding
- Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases
- Startup/fast paced environment experience preferred
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About The Role
- We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable backend systems. This is a hands on leadership role with responsibilities spanning architecture, coding, and mentoring, while partnering closely with Product and cross functional teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build reliable, testable, production ready backend services.
- Drive architectural decisions and own features end to end.
- Write clean, maintainable code with strong test coverage.
- Mentor engineers and set best practices across the team.
- Oversee system monitoring, incident response, and workflow improvements.
- Collaborate cross functionally and contribute to hiring efforts
Requirements
- 5+ years backend experience, 4+ years with Node.js & TypeScript.
- Strong expertise in AWS (Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, CloudFormation).
- Experience with serverless, microservices, event driven architectures.
- Skilled in TDD, CI/CD, REST/GraphQL APIs, secure coding.
- Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Startup/fast paced environment experience preferred
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