Lead Full Stack Engineer

Overview

Our client is an exciting AI technology startup and they are searching for a Lead Full Stack Engineer. This position will own the system architecture and technical direction of the software, while working closely with the founding team to shape the product.

• Own the technical architecture and platform end-to-end, across student and instructor experiences
• Define and drive the product roadmap, working closely with founders, designers, and advisors
• Design and implement full-stack features, from UX to backend systems and data pipelines
• Architect AI-powered capabilities, including LLM workflows, RAG pipelines, and evaluation loops
• Debug and optimize across the stack, including application code, infrastructure and system performance
• Lead engineering practices, including code reviews, system design decisions, and technical standards
• Balance trade‑offs between learning outcomes, UX quality, system cost and scalability
• Track product and system metrics, and iterate quickly based on real usage

• 4+ years of experience building and shipping production‑grade web applications
• Strong full‑stack skills across React + Node.js/Type Script
• Proven experience building 0 → 1 products, ideally in a startup setting, where you owned both product direction and technical execution
• Experience working with distributed systems and microservices architectures
• Hands‑on experience with LLM APIs and prompt engineering, Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, Vector databases (e.g., Qdrant, Pinecone, etc.)
• Experience with Tailwind CSS, Python, Mongo
  
  DB, Docker, Nginx is an asset
• Ability to debug across layers (application, containers, networking, system‑level)
• Proven ability to design and ship end‑to‑end features
• Robust product intuition and ability to translate user needs into technical solutions
• Comfort operating in early‑stage environments with high ambiguity and rapid iteration