Backend Engineering Lead (TypeScript /Node.js)

Voodoo
Paris
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Mentorship","Stakeholder management","Team building"]

Engineering Lead role focusing on guiding the technical direction of the squad, delivering complex cross-team initiatives, and growing engineers while writing code. You’ll own backend architecture in TypeScript/Node.js on AWS/EKS, set standards, mentor engineers, and balance delivery speed with long-term technical health in a hybrid IC/manager capacity.

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Voodoo
Voodoo
5 months ago

Backend Engineering Lead (TypeScript /Node.js)

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Job Summary

Engineering Lead role focusing on guiding the technical direction of the squad, delivering complex cross-team initiatives, and growing engineers while writing code. You’ll own backend architecture in TypeScript/Node.js on AWS/EKS, set standards, mentor engineers, and balance delivery speed with long-term technical health in a hybrid IC/manager capacity.
Location: Paris
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the technical direction and architecture for your squad's domain
  • •Drive design reviews, set coding standards, and ensure engineering excellence
  • •Own the full delivery of complex, cross-team technical initiatives
  • •Build, scale and operate Node.js/TypeScript backend services on AWS/EKS
  • •Define the infrastructure and reliability strategy for your team's systems

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • •2+ years of experience leading an engineering team (formal or informal)
  • •Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript /Node.js
  • •Good knowledge of industry best practices (SOLID, KISS, YAGNI, DDD, TDD...)
  • •Proven ability to own and deliver large technical projects with cross-team dependencies
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipMentorshipStakeholder managementTeam building
Tech Stack:TypeScriptNode.jsAWSTerraformCDKHelmPostgreSQLEKS

Company Brief

Voodoo
Develops and publishes hyper-casual mobile games and gaming platforms, focusing on viral, easy-to-play titles and data-driven optimization to reach global audiences across iOS and Android.
Industry: Gaming
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 2013
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