Software Team Lead

Description

About the role

Commit builds software products for clients across embedded, IoT, SaaS, AI/ML, e-commerce, mobile, and web. We’re looking for a Full Stack Team Lead to own the technical direction of a product team - setting architecture, raising engineering standards, and shipping. You’ll lead hands-on: writing code, guiding a small team of engineers, and partnering directly with clients (including large enterprise and banking environments). This is a role for someone who leads by example and treats modern AI-assisted development as a core part of the craft.

What you’ll do

• Own the technical design and architecture of full stack applications, end to end.
• Lead a team of engineers - code reviews, mentoring, and raising delivery quality and velocity.
• Stay hands-on: write production JavaScript/TypeScript across the React and Node.js stack.
• Drive AI-first development practices (Claude Code, Cursor) across the team.
• Work closely with clients and stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Uphold engineering standards: testing, CI/CD, code quality, and delivery discipline.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications

• 7+ years as a software engineer, including senior-level work.
• 5+ years as a tech lead / team lead.
• 1+ years experience in AI Tools Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor.
• Expert-level knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
• Expert-level command of the full stack ecosystem: build tooling (e.g. Vite) and frameworks/libraries (e.g. TanStack, Redux, Zustand).
• Strong hands-on experience with AI-first development (Claude Code, Cursor).
• Fluent with modern dev tooling: Git, JIRA, Jenkins.
• Professional-level English.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Additional programming languages and frameworks.
• Fluency with API design and documentation tooling (e.g. Swagger, SwaggerHub, IBM API Connect).
• Experience working in large organizations (e.g. banking / financial services).