Lead Full-Stack Engineer
Software Engineering · Full-time
Remote
We are a small company seeking a hands-on Lead Engineer to own the design, development, and reliability of our product platform. This role is ideal for a highly independent builder who enjoys solving ambiguous, complex problems and moving quickly from concept to production.
Responsibilities
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Lead end-to-end development across frontend, backend, APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
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Architect scalable, secure, maintainable systems appropriate for an early-stage company.
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Translate product and customer needs into pragmatic technical solutions and ship high-quality features quickly.
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Debug complex production issues, improve performance and reliability, and establish monitoring and alerting.
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Work directly with founders, product stakeholders, and customers to prioritize technical work.
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Provide on-call customer and technical support, including timely investigation and resolution of production incidents.
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Establish engineering standards for code quality, testing, documentation, security, and deployment.
Qualifications
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Strong full-stack engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of production web applications.
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Deep frontend experience with modern web frameworks and strong backend experience building APIs, services, and data models.
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Comfortable with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, authentication, and secure software development practices.
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Proven ability to work independently, make sound technical decisions with incomplete information, and solve complex problems hands-on.
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Excellent debugging skills and a customer-oriented mindset.
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Comfortable operating in a fast-paced early start-up environment where priorities evolve and everyone contributes beyond a narrow job scope.
Preferred
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Experience building products in regulated, healthcare, enterprise SaaS, or data-intensive environments.
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Prior startup experience or experience as an early engineering hire.
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10 years experience.
