What You Will Be Doing:

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to an agile development team, fostering growth and excellence.
• Define and articulate a clear technical vision and engineering strategy to expand our platforms reach to schools worldwide.
• Oversee agile software development processes, ensuring the team consistently delivers scalable, reliable, and high-quality software solutions.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to ensure user stories align with and maximize the capabilities of our technology stack.
• Identify opportunities for platform enhancements, focusing on improving developer tools' robustness and effectiveness.
• Lead the development and upkeep of key backend services and APIs.
• Work closely with frontend and mobile teams to deliver cohesive end-to-end solutions.
• Conduct code reviews, optimizing for performance, security, and maintainability.
• Translate business requirements from product owners into practical, deployable solutions.
• Partner with DevOps and infrastructure teams to ensure reliable deployments and system stability.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for software architecture, APIs, and workflows.
• Encourage knowledge sharing within the team and across departments to drive collaboration and innovation.

Requirements:

• At least 4 years of experience managing and mentoring development teams.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript.
• Expertise in using tools like Docker, Git, CI/CD pipelines, unit testing, and implementing service-oriented architectures.
• Proven experience in tracking and monitoring existing systems.
• Designed and implemented backend systems capable of handling high traffic volumes.
• Hands-on experience in optimizing databases for performance and efficiency.
• Extensive experience working with queue management systems.
• Solid understanding of secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices.
• Experience in optimizing systems to handle high-volume requests effectively.
• Hands-on experience with cloud services such as AWS and Aliyun.
• Managed Kubernetes and Helm charts independently.
• Familiarity with agile practices and participation in ceremonies like stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide team members, offering technical advice, conducting code reviews, and supporting their growth.
• Extensive experience working with stakeholders to understand product roadmaps, gather requirements, and provide technical recommendations.
• Familiarity with functional programming principles is a plus.