Lead Software Engineer (MERN)

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Engineer with a proven track record of architecting and delivering complex SaaS applications. This role will be responsible for driving the technical vision, leading architectural decision-making, and ensuring our platform is built for scale and resilience. You will work hands-on with modern technologies including the MERN stack, AWS cloud services, microservices, and serverless computing, while also providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and fostering a high-performance engineering culture.
This is a critical leadership role for an engineer who thrives on solving complex problems, building scalable systems, and guiding teams through technical challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical architecture of our SaaS platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Lead the design and implementation of microservices and serverless solutions on AWS.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering Leadership to align technical decisions with business goals.
• Guide and mentor engineers across teams, fostering professional growth and technical excellence.
• Contribute hands-on to development in PHP, JavaScript, and Python, with deep involvement in MERN stack-based applications.
• Establish best practices for code quality, system design, security, and deployment.
• Make critical architectural decisions that influence product direction and long-term maintainability.
• Champion cloud-native development patterns, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
• Support the scaling of our SaaS offerings to handle increasing user and data demands.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Familiar in PHP, JavaScript, and Python.
• Proven experience building and scaling applications using the MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js).
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (e.g., Lambda, ECS, S3, RDS, API Gateway).
• Strong knowledge of microservices and serverless architectures.
• Demonstrated success making key technical and architectural decisions.
• Previous experience in a technical leadership role with responsibility for mentoring and guiding engineering teams.
• Experience developing and scaling SaaS solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and message queues (SQS, Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation.
• Strong understanding of security and compliance in cloud-native SaaS environments.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.