About the role
We are looking for a Lead Full-stack Engineer who combines strong technical depth with leadership. You will be responsible for guiding technical direction, mentoring engineers, and ensuring successful delivery of complex initiatives. This is a hands-on leadership role, not a people-manager-only position.
The core responsibilities for the job include the following:
Technical Leadership:
- Own and drive technical design decisions across frontend and backend systems.
- Review and approve architecture and design proposals.
- Ensure systems are scalable, maintainable, and secure.
- Set and uphold engineering standards and best practices.
- Evaluate, guide, and set guardrails for the responsible use of AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity and code quality.
Delivery and Execution:
- Lead the delivery of complex, cross-cutting features and initiatives.
- Break down ambiguous product requirements into executable technical plans.
- Identify technical risks early and proactively mitigate them
- Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term platform health.
Team and Mentorship:
- Mentor senior and associate engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and guidance.
- Raise the overall engineering capability of the team.
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Partner closely with product, QA, and clinical stakeholders.
Requirements:
- 7-10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Proven experience leading technical initiatives or teams.
- Strong expertise in React.js and frontend architecture, Node.js backend systems and API design, and AWS cloud services (EC2 / ECS / EKS, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch).
- Deep understanding of system design and scalability, data modeling and performance, and security and privacy considerations.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, production monitoring, and incident response.
- Strong decision-making and communication skills.
- Ability to mentor and influence without micromanaging.
- Drive automation and tooling improvements that reduce cognitive load, improve developer experience, and maintain system correctness.
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated domains.
- Experience working with Kubernetes or distributed systems.
- Prior experience working closely with compliance or regulatory requirements.