Join us at Nayax, a global fintech leader (NASDAQ; TASE: NYAX) revolutionizing the world of cashless payments, consumer engagement, and business management solutions. With more than 1,200 employees across 12 offices worldwide. At Nayax, you’ll be part of a diverse and innovative community where your work makes a real impact and helps shape the future of payments.
Syte is an image recognition solution for retailers in different verticals such as fashion, home, furniture, DIY etc. We offer AI-powered product recommendation and discovery platform. Our solutions include visual search, automated product tagging, advanced personalized recommendations, and more.
We’re looking for a Tech Lead Full‑Stack Engineer to drive the architecture, design, and delivery of scalable, high‑impact web applications and backend systems. You’ll lead cross‑stack development with Node.js/NestJS, React, TypeScript, and Python, own features end‑to‑end, and shape our engineering practices across system design, CI/CD, and cloud‑native development.
This role combines hands‑on problem‑solving with leadership, mentoring, and strategic technical decision‑making.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Technical Leadership & Ownership
- Lead architectural design across backend, frontend, data, and infrastructure layers.
- Own the full lifecycle of major features: scoping, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Drive initiatives around scalability, performance, resiliency, and developer experience.
Full‑Stack Development
- Build and maintain backend services using Node.js (NestJS) and Python (for services, data processing, automation).
- Develop modern, high‑quality frontends with React + TypeScript.
- Design REST/GraphQL APIs and optimize data models and queries in MongoDB.
Platform, CI/CD & Cloud
- Improve CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps) for fast, reliable, automated releases.
- Ensure production readiness in Docker/Kubernetes environments.
- Champion best practices in testing, observability, code quality, and security.
Team Leadership
- Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and guide the engineering team’s technical direction.
- Lead end-to-end R&D projects and collaborate with Product, Design, and Data stakeholders to deliver impactful business features.
- Promote tooling improvements, documentation, and engineering excellence.
What Makes You a Great Fit:
Must‑Have Qualifications:
- 6+ years of full‑stack or backend-focused development experience.
- Strong production experience with:
- Node.js/NestJS
- React + TypeScript
- Python (services, automation, scripting, or data tooling)
- Solid understanding of MongoDB schema design, indexing, and performance.
- Hands‑on experience with Git workflows, code reviews, automated testing (unit/integration/E2E).
- Strong CI/CD expertise with containerized builds and automated deployment workflows.
- Experience with Docker and familiarity with cloud/container orchestration (Kubernetes is a plus).
- Strong communication skills, ownership mentality, and ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
Nice‑to‑Have Experience:
- Message queues / event streaming systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, etc.).
- OpenSearch / Elasticsearch for search & analytics.
- GitOps with Argo CD.
- Python for ML/data integration, backend automation, or distributed tasks.
- API gateway patterns, rate limiting, and authentication/authorization.
- Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, etc.).
- Performance optimization across frontend and backend.
Tech Stack
- Frontend: React, TypeScript, Vite/Webpack, Testing Library/Jest/Cypress
- Backend: Node.js, NestJS, Python, REST/GraphQL, Jest, Supertest
- Data: MongoDB, Redis
- Infra & DevEx: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitHub Actions/GitLab/Azure DevOps), feature flags
- Observability/Security: OpenTelemetry, ELK/OpenSearch (optional), SAST/DAST
- Bonus: Kafka, Argo CD, Python for data/automation flows
Why Join Syte by Nayax:
- Work on cutting-edge AI-powered retail technology at scale — Syte's visual search and product discovery platform serves leading fashion retailers worldwide, giving you the opportunity to build systems that impact millions of users.
- Lead with real ownership — drive end-to-end architecture across full-stack, backend, and infrastructure layers, and directly shape engineering practices, system design, and technical direction.
- Take ownership of your work and make a real impact on our customers — you'll architect and ship scalable features that power real-time product discovery and recommendations for global retail brands.
- Join a fast-growing global fintech company that values innovation, teamwork, and exceeding customer expectations — with 1,200+ employees across 12 offices and operations in 120+ countries, Nayax is a NASDAQ-listed company at the forefront of AI-powered commerce.
- Be based at our vibrant Herzliya HQ — collaborate with a large, innovative engineering team of 600+ employees, just a short walk from the train station.
Top Skills
What We Do
Welcome to Nayax, a global fintech company (NASDAQ; TASE: NYAX) dedicated to providing businesses with a comprehensive payment platform and management system for their operation. Since 2005, we've been at the forefront of the cashless payment revolution, offering innovative IoT services and management solutions for unattended retail.
Driven by our customer-first mindset and a commitment to in-house development, Nayax has evolved into a leading omnichannel retail solution provider. With over 1100 talented employees located in 11 offices around the world, we proudly serve customers in more than 120 countries. We've established partnerships with several global financial institutions in order for our platform to be able to accept over 50 currencies and over 80 major forms of payment. Moreover, Nayax holds a license as a payment institution in Europe.
As consumers increasingly embrace digital payment methods, Nayax continuously develops value-added services for our customers. From consumer engagement solutions and customized payment methods to an extensive API suite and a feature-rich mobile wallet app, our fully customizable management system provides an agile ecosystem that empowers merchants to improve their bottom line.
Our commitment to innovation and to our customers sets us apart. Rooted in our core values, Nayax's dedicated teams consistently deliver innovative products that meet the evolving needs of retailers and consumers alike. Our mission is to empower retailers by providing them with growth tools and systems that reduce operational costs.
At Nayax, we believe in creating a lasting impact on our customers' businesses, converting casual consumers into dedicated followers. By offering consumer engagement tools, loyalty programs, and omnichannel solutions, we help retailers increase their bottom line and accelerate their growth.
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