The Role
Resolve production issues for a high-traffic hiring product while owning backend and frontend systems across Java, Spring Boot, Python, Django, and React. Triage support tickets, meet SLAs, monitor production systems, respond to alerts, support architecture changes and integrations, and maintain event logic. The role also requires technical leadership, mentoring, onboarding, autonomous execution, cross-project ownership, and coordination with client-facing teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
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.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Primary backend experience with Java and Spring Boot
- Secondary backend experience with Django and Python
- Frontend development experience with React
- Experience with Kafka
- Experience with GraphQL
- Experience with SQL or MongoDB
- Build and deployment experience
- Experience with Dagster, Data Lakes, or Amazon Athena
- Senior-level engineering ability and ability to ramp up quickly
- High ownership and autonomy, including merging and deploying code independently
- Technical leadership experience, including leading, shepherding, and onboarding engineers
- 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 proficiency
- Product management experience partnering with GTM teams and engineers
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf
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The Company
What We Do
AgileEngine is a privately held company established in 2010 that builds dedicated teams of designers and developers. We turn good ideas into awesome software that people actually want to use. Some of the biggest names and the hottest startups around the world chose us to build their tech.
