We are looking for a Tech Lead – AWS with a strong fullstack background to join a fast-growing startup environment. This role combines hands-on development with technical leadership, playing a key role in shaping architecture, code quality, and team growth.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership to the development team, promoting best practices and high-quality code
- Develop fullstack solutions using TypeScript, Node.js, and Next.js
- Design, implement, and maintain AWS-based architectures
- Mentor team members through code reviews and technical guidance
- Collaborate with product and stakeholders to define technical solutions
- Ensure application scalability, performance, and security
- Actively contribute to technical and product decision-making
Requirements
- Strong experience as a Fullstack Developer
- Solid knowledge of TypeScript, Node.js, and Next.js
- Good experience with AWS (e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, etc.)
- Previous experience as a Tech Lead or in a technical leadership role
- Experience managing and mentoring people
- Ability to work autonomously in a fully remote setup
- Must be based in Portugal
- Previous experience in a startup environment
- Experience with Agile methodologies
- Background in distributed systems architecture
Benefits
100% remote work, based in Porto - Portugal
Long-term project
Startup environment with real product impact
High autonomy and opportunities for technical and leadership growth
Top Skills
What We Do
Alongside | Build Great Products with Great Teams
Alongside helps VC-backed start-ups, scale-ups and digital-first enterprises accelerate their roadmaps by assembling elite, time-zone-aligned teams of software engineers, product managers and UX/UI designers, often in under 14 days. Our Porto HQ sits in Europe’s fastest-growing tech hub and taps a vetted global talent pool that lets you ship faster, reduce burn and stay laser-focused on product-market fit.
Why high-growth companies choose Alongside
• Top 1 % practitioners: rigorously screened full-stack, mobile, blockchain & AI/ML engineers, plus senior designers and product leaders. 
• Flexible engagement models: scale a single specialist, an entire squad, or an autonomous build-and-ship pod.
• End-to-end ownership: discovery → design → development → launch, with weekly velocity reports and transparent KPIs.
• Cost-efficient remote talent: New York, Porto, Pune & Hanoi offices give you round-the-clock progress without Silicon-Valley price tags. 
• Proven track record: core Alongside team took Arkive, the world’s first decentralised museum, from idea to funded product. We helped Circuit Security to secure 4.5M in funding and many other startups.
