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Tech Lead, Digital API (Node.js) - TX

$54k - $189k

Photon

Hands-On Tech Lead

Digital API team is looking for a hands-on Tech Lead with deep Node.js/TypeScript expertise to design and deliver domain-driven microservices for customer-facing digital experiences. You'll own greenfield builds from zero-to-production, lead engineers by example (coding ~70% of the time), and drive cross-team triage while keeping leadership proactively informed.

What You'll Do
  • Design & build domain-driven, event-aware microservices in Node.js/TypeScript (Express/Fastify/NestJS) with clean, testable code.
  • Architect greenfield systems: service boundaries, data models, REST APIs, event streams, CI/CD, observability, and runtime topology.
  • Set API standards: versioning, OpenAPI/Swagger, pagination, error contracts, resiliency patterns (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers).
  • Own production readiness: SLOs, dashboards, alerting, runbooks; lead incident triage/bridge calls and drive blameless RCAs.
  • Collaborate across teams (web, mobile, data, security, ops) to unblock work, sequence dependencies, and land integrated releases.
  • Communicate proactively with leadership: crisp status, risk/mitigation, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
  • Raise the bar: code reviews, engineering best practices, mentoring, pair programming, tech talks, and documentation.
  • Think two steps ahead: anticipate edge cases, scaling, operability, and cost; recommend pragmatic sequencing and trade-offs.
Tech Stack You'll Work With
  • Languages/Frameworks: Node.js, TypeScript, Express/Fastify/NestJS
  • APIs: REST, OpenAPI/Swagger, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT
  • Data: PostgreSQL/MySQL, NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB), Redis cache
  • Messaging/Streaming: Kafka/RabbitMQ (sagas, outbox, idempotency)
  • Cloud & Platform: One major cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Docker, Kubernetes, API Gateway/Ingress, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)
  • CI/CD & Observability: GitHub Actions/Jenkins, ELK/Dynatrace, feature flags, OpenTelemetry, Datadog/New Relic/Prometheus, log aggregation
What You'll Bring
  • 8+ years backend engineering (or equivalent impact), 3+ years technical leadership on product teams.
  • Expert-level Node.js/TypeScript with proven delivery of domain-driven microservices at scale.
  • Strong grasp of DDD (entities/aggregates/bounded contexts), event-driven architectures, and microservice patterns (saga, outbox, circuit breaker).
  • Designed secure, resilient public APIs used by web/mobile clients; deep understanding of authN/authZ (OAuth2/OIDC), secrets, and TLS.
  • Production experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native deployment, CI/CD, and observability (metrics, traces, logs, SLOs).
  • Demonstrated success leading triage/incident response and driving RCAs to lasting improvements.
  • Outstanding communication—able to simplify complex trade-offs, tell a delivery story, and keep partners aligned.
  • Bias for action: you go the extra mile, anticipate the "next two steps," and ship high-quality software.
Nice to Have
  • Experience in telecom (ordering, provisioning, billing, identity) or large consumer digital platforms.
  • API gateways (Apigee/Kong), rate limiting/quotas, multi-tenant patterns.
  • Performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost optimization in cloud environments.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration

Minimum Compensation: USD 54,000Maximum Compensation: USD 189,000Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.This position is available for independent contractorsNo applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post

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