Tech Lead (Full Stack)

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end ownership: Design, develop, test and ship complete features across frontend, backend and databases, from system design to production.
• Full-stack development: Build responsive, high-performance applications using React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js and NestJS.
• API and architecture: Design secure RESTful and GraphQL APIs, microservices and event-driven systems.
• Work with WebSockets, webhooks and gRPC where required.
• Databases and caching: Design and optimise PostgreSQL schemas and queries; use Redis and MongoDB where appropriate.
• Messaging and asynchronous processing: Build event-driven workflows and processing pipelines using Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• CI/CD and releases: Build and maintain automated GitHub Actions pipelines with testing, security checks and rollback capabilities to support reliable, low-downtime releases.
• Containers and infrastructure: Containerise services with Docker, deploy and scale workloads on Kubernetes, and provision AWS infrastructure using Terraform.
• Observability and reliability: Implement monitoring, logging and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK or Datadog. Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• AI/ML integration: Collaborate with AI/ML teams to integrate intelligent and automated services into production applications.
• Security and compliance: Implement authentication, authorisation, encryption and secrets management in line with applicable financial regulations and client requirements, including ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS.
• Code quality and mentoring: Write clean, modular and well-tested code, review pull requests and mentor junior engineers.
• Technical documentation: Maintain design documents, architectural decision records (ADRs), operational runbooks and other engineering documentation.

Requirements:

• Approximately 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience, preferably in fintech, BFSI or SaaS environments.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related technical discipline.
• Strong frontend development skills with React.js, Next.js and TypeScript.
• Strong backend development skills with Node.js and NestJS; familiarity with Express.js is useful.
• Deep experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design and SQL query optimisation; working knowledge of Redis and MongoDB.
• Good understanding of distributed systems, backend architecture, microservices and messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs and exposure to GraphQL, WebSockets, webhooks and gRPC.
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes, plus working knowledge of Terraform.
• Practical experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or equivalent tools.
• Working knowledge of AWS, including networking, IAM, compute and storage services.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms and system design.
• Demonstrated ability to own features end-to-end, communicate technical decisions clearly and mentor peers.

Skills

Fullstack, Node.js, React, Express.js, MongoDB, NestJS, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, TypeScript