Lead Software Engineer
Leads development of AI-powered full-stack applications, oversees engineers, and integrates LLMs/RAG for enterprise workflows. Requires 8+ years experience with React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, and cloud infrastructure.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design and build full-stack applications that power AI-driven workflows for enterprise users.
- Oversee and review the work of other engineers, ensuring high-quality, production-ready code.
- Provide technical guidance, architectural direction, and hands-on support where needed.
- Develop high-performance front-end interfaces for AI agent control, monitoring, and visualisation.
- Build scalable backend services that support real-time AI interactions, knowledge retrieval, and automation.
- Work closely with AI researchers and ML engineers to integrate LLMs, RAG, and automation into production-ready systems.
- Establish engineering best practices across testing, deployment, and performance optimisation.
- Continuously iterate and refine AI-driven products, balancing speed with robustness.
Requirements
- 8+ years of hands-on experience building full-stack production applications.
- Prior experience leading or mentoring engineers.
- Proficiency in React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
- Backend experience using Python.
- Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and scalable architectures.
- Understanding of AI-powered applications (LLMs, chat interfaces, agentic workflows).
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-autonomy environment.
- Strong collaboration skills across engineering, product, and AI teams.
Bonus Points
- Experience building AI-powered applications with LLM integrations.
- Worked in high-performance startups or enterprise AI environments.
- Sharp eye for UI/UX design and built intuitive, AI-driven interfaces.
- Experience with GraphQL, WebSockets, or real-time data streaming.
- Contributed to open-source projects or built developer tools for AI.
Skills
React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, AWS, GCP, Azure, LLMs, GraphQL, WebSockets
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