Full Stack Tech Lead ID89528

AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

WHY JOIN US

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Full Stack Technical Lead to resolve production issues on a live, high-traffic hiring product. You will pair deep technical ownership across Java, Python, and React with the ability to lead and mentor engineers through ambiguity. This role blends hands-on engineering with real client impact, keeping complex systems reliable under pressure.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

- Analyze and resolve production issues, with particular emphasis on ongoing, in-progress hiring events.

- Partner closely with client-facing teams to triage and address incoming support tickets.

- Drive timely issue resolution to meet established SLAs.

- Monitor production systems and respond quickly to alerts or performance degradation ("going red").

- Support architecture changes and system integrations that may impact hiring events.

- Maintain and update event logic in response to changes in dependencies and upstream systems.

MUST HAVES

- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience .

- Java/Spring Boot as the primary backend stack (Event Management Backend, Lobby Backend) — first priority.

- Django/Python as a secondary backend stack (Event Management Backend, Lobby Backend) — second priority.

- React for frontend development (Event Management Frontend, Lobby Frontend, IRL Frontend, Jobseeker Frontend).

- Kafka (Event Management Backend).

- GraphQL (Event Management Backend, Lobby Backend).

- SQL or MongoDB (Event Management Backend, Lobby Backend).

- Build and deployment experience.

- Experience with at least one of the following: Dagster, Data Lakes, or Amazon Athena .

- Senior-level engineer able to ramp up quickly and assume ownership across multiple concurrent projects.

- High level of ownership and autonomy, including taking initiative and owning tasks—specifically merging and deploying code—without requiring hand-holding.

- Ability to work independently and autonomously.

- Technical leadership experience , including the ability to lead, shepherd, and onboard other engineers on the team's behalf (senior engineering experience alone is not sufficient for this Tech Lead role).

- Demonstrated experience overseeing or coordinating the work of others.

- Clear and concise communication.

- Ability to manage and navigate ambiguity.

- Prioritization and strategic thinking.

- Ability to use data to troubleshoot production issues.

- Upper-intermediate English level.

NICE TO HAVES

- Product management experience partnering with GTM teams and engineers to support prioritization.

- Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

- Professional growth : Accelerate your professional journey with mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps.

- Competitive compensation : We match your ever-growing skills, talent, and contributions with competitive USD-based compensation and budgets for education, fitness, and team activities.

- A selection of exciting projects : Join projects with modern solutions development and top-tier clients that include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands.

- Flextime : Tailor your schedule for an optimal work-life balance, by having the options of working from home and going to the office – whatever makes you the happiest and most productive.