Senior Full Stack Lead

HIRING: Senior Full Stack Lead (Java, React/Angular, AWS/GCP)

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Full Stack Lead to architect, build, and lead the development of highly scalable, cloud-native applications powering large-scale streaming experiences. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with system architecture, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver resilient, high-performance products used by thousands to millions of users.

As a technical leader, you will drive engineering excellence across backend services, frontend applications, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines while mentoring engineers and influencing architectural decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of scalable, distributed full-stack applications.
• Architect and build microservices using Java 17/21 and Spring Boot 3.x.
• Develop modern web applications using React or Angular with TypeScript.
• Design RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures for high-throughput applications.
• Build and optimize systems capable of supporting large-scale live and on-demand video streaming workloads.
• Design cloud-native solutions on AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Collaborate with Product, UX, DevOps, QA, and Engineering leadership to deliver high-quality features.
• Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design sessions.
• Mentor and coach software engineers while promoting engineering best practices.
• Improve system reliability, scalability, security, observability, and performance.
• Drive CI/CD automation and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Participate in production support and incident response for mission-critical services.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 3+ years in a technical lead or engineering lead role.
• Expert-level Java development experience.
• Strong expertise with Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data, - and REST API development.
• Extensive experience building frontend applications using React or Angular.
• Strong knowledge of TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS.
• Experience designing scalable microservices and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Experience with NoSQL databases is an asset.
• Familiarity with messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Pub/Sub.
• Strong understanding of authentication and authorization (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect).
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and mentoring skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building or operating OTT, media, or streaming platforms.
• Experience with HLS, MPEG-DASH, adaptive bitrate streaming, or video delivery architectures.
• Familiarity with CDNs, media processing pipelines, DRM, and content protection.
• Experience with API Gateways and service mesh technologies.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or OpenTelemetry.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Understanding of high-availability and disaster recovery architectures.

Technical Skills:

• Backend
• Java 17/21
• Spring Boot
• Spring Security
• Spring Data JPA
• Hibernate
• REST APIs
• GraphQL (nice to have)
• Frontend
• React or Angular
• TypeScript
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• HTML5
• CSS3
• Redux, NgRx, or similar state management
• Cloud & DevOps
• AWS or GCP
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• Git
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI/CD
• Databases
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• MongoDB (preferred)
• Messaging & Streaming
• Kafka
• RabbitMQ
• Google Pub/Sub
• Amazon SQS/SNS
• Monitoring
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• Datadog
• CloudWatch
• OpenTelemetry

Nice to Have:

• Experience building streaming video platforms.
• Knowledge of video encoding and transcoding workflows.
• CDN integration experience (CloudFront, Akamai, Fastly, Bunny CDN, etc.).
• Experience with media players such as Video.js, ExoPlayer, AVPlayer, or Shaka Player.
• Experience implementing low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices.

What You'll Bring:

• Strong ownership and accountability.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities.
• Passion for mentoring engineers and growing high-performing teams.
• Experience delivering enterprise-grade software in fast-paced environments.

Interested? Apply via this link: https://airtable.com/appD3aGfH4fVhZbl4/pagpQK0D5QLWZ6knj/form

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Flexible schedule
• Work from home

Work Location: Remote