Jobgether
Website:
jobgether.com
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/jobgether
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Industries: Internet Marketplace Platforms
Job details:
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Lead Software Engineer (Node.js | React | TypeScript) based in India.
This is a senior technical leadership opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys owning features from concept through delivery.
You’ll work across both frontend and backend development, building scalable and high-quality web applications.
The role combines hands-on engineering with architectural problem-solving, performance optimisation, testing, and API design.
You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to turn ideas into seamless user experiences.
Modern development practices, strong engineering standards, CI/CD, and thoughtful code reviews are central to the environment.
You’ll also have the opportunity to use AI-powered development tools to improve productivity and accelerate your workflow.
This is a fully remote, full-time position working within a 9 AM–5 PM Melbourne-time schedule.
Accountabilities
- Develop, test, maintain, and continuously improve high-quality web applications using Node.js, TypeScript, and React 18+.
- Take ownership of end-to-end features, from technical design and implementation through testing, deployment, and ongoing optimisation.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable RESTful APIs and integrate applications with external systems and services.
- Create responsive, accessible, and performant user interfaces using React, Tailwind CSS, and TanStack Query.
- Implement secure authentication and authorisation solutions using OAuth, OIDC, and session-based mechanisms.
- Maintain high engineering standards through automated testing with Vitest or Jest, code reviews, and reliable development practices.
- Write efficient SQL queries and optimise interactions with relational databases to support application performance and scalability.
- Use Git effectively for source control, branching strategies, collaboration, and code review workflows.
- Leverage AI-powered coding assistants such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot to improve development efficiency while maintaining code quality.
- Work confidently within Linux-based development and deployment environments.
- Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to deliver well-designed, reliable, and user-focused features.
- Contribute to architectural decisions, debugging, technical improvements, and performance optimisation across the application stack.
Requirements
- 8–10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong hands-on experience across modern frontend and backend development.
- Advanced proficiency with Node.js and TypeScript.
- Strong experience with React 18+ and modern React development patterns.
- Solid understanding of automated testing, with experience using Vitest, Jest, or comparable frameworks.
- Strong SQL skills and a good understanding of relational database concepts.
- Practical experience with Tailwind CSS and TanStack Query.
- Strong knowledge of authentication and authorisation mechanisms, particularly OAuth, OIDC, and session-based authentication.
- Proven experience designing and consuming APIs, including integrations with external services.
- Comfortable working with Linux command-line tools in development and deployment environments.
- Strong Git skills and experience working with collaborative branching and code review workflows.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively incorporate AI-powered development tools into the software engineering workflow.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, optimisation, and architectural thinking skills.
- A collaborative mindset, strong ownership, and a commitment to writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
- Highly desirable: experience with Bun and Hono.
- Highly desirable: familiarity with AWS CDK and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Highly desirable: knowledge of PostgreSQL and Drizzle ORM.
- Highly desirable: hands-on experience with Docker and container-based development.
- Highly desirable: experience with container-based testing tools such as Testcontainers.
- Highly desirable: experience working in monorepo-based development environments.
- Familiarity with VS Code and productivity-enhancing extensions is a plus.
Benefits
- Fully remote working arrangement.
- Full-time employment.
- Opportunity to work on modern web applications using a contemporary technology stack.
- Strong focus on engineering quality, testing, maintainability, and continuous improvement.
- Opportunity to use and explore AI-powered development tools as part of your everyday engineering workflow.
- Collaborative environment with close interaction across engineering, product, and design.
- Scope to influence technical decisions, architecture, and development practices.
- Melbourne-time working schedule: 9 AM–5 PM.
- Location flexibility for candidates based in Poland.
How Jobgether Works
We use an
AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
Why Apply Through Jobgether?
Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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