Job Description

Full-Stack Developer Lead (Back-End Heavy)

Location:

Remote

Job Type:

Full-time

About STERRY

At

STERRY

, we're not your average Growth Marketing Agency--we're the rocket fuel behind crowdfunding and e-commerce success. Since day one, we've helped clients pull in over

$100 million

in trackable online revenue. We build strategies that go beyond brand and marketing--we deliver measurable results rooted in online performance.

About the Role

We're building a modern SaaS platform and are looking for a

Full-Stack Developer Lead

with a strong backend focus. In this role, you'll own core parts of the backend system, help define scalable architecture, and collaborate closely with engineers and product teams.



We're looking for someone with hands-on experience across the stack and at least

2+ year of technical leadership

-- whether that's mentoring, making architecture decisions, or guiding feature implementation.

Responsibilities

Set and create engineering ecosystem, best practices, tooling, and architect complex systems Experience with using AI Tools in solving complex coding problems Design and build scalable backend systems using

Node.js

and

PostgreSQL

Develop robust APIs (

REST

or

GraphQL

) Lead engineering practices and mentor team members Collaborate with engineers to deliver end-to-end features Deploy and manage infrastructure on cloud services like

AWS

and

Vercel

Maintain and evolve CI/CD pipelines (

GitHub Actions

,

Jenkins

) Work with both relational and NoSQL databases:

PostgreSQL

,

MySQL

,

MongoDB

,

Firebase

Design and integrate

message queue systems

(e.g.,

RabbitMQ

,

Kafka

,

Redis Streams

) Make thoughtful architectural decisions and performance optimizations.

Tech Stack

Backend

Node.js and NextJS API routes Express and/or NestJS PostgreSQL and/or other relational database expertise MongoDB or similar document-oriented database experience Supabase Docker GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar CICD pipelining AWS / GCP / Azure Message Queues: RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis Streams

Frontend

React Next.js Component libraries (e.g., Radix UI)

Requirements

At least 2+ year of experience in a technical leadership or mentoring role. Uses AI to code on a daily basis; Loveable, v0, ChatGPT etc. 5+ years of experience as a full-stack engineer. Strong backend expertise with

Node.js

and relational databases Experience building and scaling APIs and backend systems Cloud infrastructure experience (

AWS

,

Azure

, or

GCP

) Solid hands-on experience with

Docker

and CI/CD tools Experience designing and integrating

message queues

(RabbitMQ, Kafka, or Redis Streams) Strong understanding of performance, security, and backend architecture

Why Join STERRY?

We're a global, fast-moving agency that's obsessed with pushing creative and digital boundaries. You'll work alongside a diverse and collaborative team, and the support to help you grow.



If you're ready to make an impact and grow your skills in a collaborative environment, we encourage you to apply!


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