About The RoleAs a Technical Lead, you will be a cornerstone of our founding team, directly shaping our product's technical vision and execution. You will be responsible for architecting scalable systems, establishing robust DevOps practices, building and mentoring a high-performing engineering team, and making critical prioritization decisions in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
What Youll Do
- Scale Engineering : Architect and implement solutions to take our platform from 10M requests per day to 100M requests per day. This involves reimagining scalable and reusable system components.
- DevOps Leadership : Establish and champion robust DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines to ensure discipline, efficiency, and rapid iteration in our development process.
- Team Building & Mentorship : Lead the effort to build a dream engineering team, identifying, recruiting, and onboarding top talent. You'll then mentor, guide, and empower team members, ensuring they are placed in roles where they can excel and contribute maximally.
- Prioritization & Delegation : Make critical decisions on technical debt vs. new feature development, effectively prioritizing and delegating tasks to optimize resource utilization and meet business requirements within tight deadlines.
- Celebrate Success : And after all of it, be ready to jam to this every time we push to prod - Success Anthem!
Required Skills
- Database Expertise : Strong hands-on experience with MongoDB and Mongoose, and PostgreSQL.
- Architecture : Proven experience with Microservices architecture.
- Core Concepts : Deep understanding and practical application of Multithreading and Object-Oriented Programming (OOPs) principles.
- Frameworks : Proficiency with Express.js.
- Problem-Solving : Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to autonomously "figure stuff out" in ambiguous situations.
- Leadership : Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and potentially mentor or manage a small team.
Experience
- Years of Experience : 4-10 years of relevant experience.