Lead Backend Developer (Node.js)

We are Pixellu. We create easy-to-use, time-saving software on a mission to simplify the lives of busy, professional photographers.
We’re a fully remote team, spread across 10 countries, and 4 continents, and we’re on the hunt for the next member of our development team.

We’re on the hunt for a Lead Developer who will guide technical direction of projects, ensuring coding standards and manage a team.

Benefits:

• Work remotely with a good internet connection — our team is 100% remote and distributed all over the world from Brazil, to Montenegro, to USA, to New Zealand, and more.
  Important: candidates from Russia and Belarus should relocate after the probation period.
• Freedom to choose your own working hours — We have two "required online ​​hours" which are from 8-10 am Pacific Time.
  Outside of that you are free to work at whatever time of day that you know you are most productive.
• Competitive salary based on experience level.
• Profit-Sharing program bonuses based on seniority and ​​role.
• 22 paid days off annually, with the ability to make up missed days on weekends.
  We add one more day for each year of employment.
• Paid parental leave.

Your Role:

• Work in a distributed international development team creating world-leading products for photographers.
• Lead and mentor a dedicated team of Node.js developers, fostering an environment of growth and innovation.
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code that aligns with the best practices.
• Maintain and evolve the ecosystem of microservices that support client-facing applications.
• Architect and implement scalable, resilient event-driven systems using Apache Kafka.
• Develop new GraphQL APIs, and wrap the existing REST APIs.
• Elevate the backend developer experience by setting the standards for tooling, workflows, and practices that maximize efficiency and satisfaction among the team members.

Fun parts of our backend:

• AI for facial recognition
• Video rendering, video effects, etc etc
• Audio analysis with our own algorithms (rhythm, mood, etc)
• Improving our micro service architecture (gql, kafka + schema registry, postgres, nestjs, maybe RabbitMQ latter), telemetry (traces, metrics, logs with loki, tempo, graphana and victoria metrics; made by us) - lots of opportunities for improvements

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in backend web development
• 2+ years of experience in leading and mentoring a team of developers
• Proficiency with JavaScript and TypeScript
• Expert knowledge of any modern RDBMS
• Experience leading teams who follow domain-driven design principles
• Expert knowledge of event-driven architecture patterns (Apache Kafka or other brokers)
• Experience in driving observability practices for microservices (Grafana, Datadog).
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD processes (GitLab)
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes
• AWS experience is a plus
• Python knowledge is a plus
• NestJS and federated GraphQL experience is a plus
• Excellent problem-solving skills
  
  Dream company is there. Feel free to apply.