Lead Software Engineer – Team Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as the technical lead for a specific area or service within the retail service cloud, guiding architectural direction and ensuring quality standards are upheld.

• Design, develop, and deliver features while actively engaging in coding activities alongside the team on a daily basis.

• Recognize and address technical challenges throughout the stack, focusing on profiling, refactoring, and scaling the platform.

• Replace outdated code and services with modern, maintainable solutions, enhancing the overall system architecture.

• Create frameworks and reusable patterns for future projects within the portfolio.

• Strategize and communicate product roadmaps, manage sprint tickets, and assertively address requests when technical tradeoffs are necessary.

• Guide junior engineers through code reviews, collaborative coding sessions, and practical problem-solving.

• Enhance developer productivity and play a role in recruitment decisions.

• Deliver significant platform enhancements, transition targeted legacy services, and establish clear technical standards within the initial 6–12 months.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience with TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and Node.js.

• Proficiency and production experience with API Gateway, AWS Lambda, S3, and DynamoDB.

• Familiarity with IAM and CloudWatch for debugging and implementing least-privilege design.

• Experience with Python and Django or similar server-side frameworks.

• Proven track record of technically owning a product or service area, including making architecture decisions, ensuring code quality, and achieving delivery outcomes.

• Demonstrated capability to mentor and uplift fellow engineers while maintaining a strong individual contributor role.

• Experience in replacing or modernizing legacy systems within a production setting.

• Comfort in managing competing priorities, planning sprints, and conveying technical details to non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong views on code quality and engineering best practices, while remaining open to collaborative solutions.

• Preferred: experience in retail, e-commerce, or multi-brand platform settings.

• Preferred: knowledge of cloud-native architectures and microservices patterns.

• Preferred: previous experience in a technical lead position on a small, high-performing team.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid time off policies.

• 401(k) match.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• A variety of supplemental insurance options.

• Employee discounts across the brand portfolio.

• Flexible work culture.

• Daily exposure to modern frameworks, platform-scale challenges, and AI-augmented tools.

• Opportunities to collaborate with senior engineers and enhance skills.

• End-to-end ownership of a specific service area.