Team Lead - Node.js

🌍 About Us

We're a company with a startup soul operating in the proxy and web scraping industry for 9+ years. We move fast, we experiment, and we're not afraid to change course when something's not working. Pivoting isn't a failure for us — it's how we grow and learn.

Collaboration and adaptability are part of our everyday rhythm. If high-traffic back-end systems, performance tuning, and leading talented engineers light you up, you’ll feel right at home here.

🚀 Who We’re Looking For

A Team Lead who can code first (~70% of time) and lead second (~30% of time) - guiding a remote team of 6 (3 Developers, 1 QA, 2 DevOps) while still shipping production-ready Node.js every week.

✨ Why Join Us?

• Join the stable & profitable company: Many years of healthy growth, no VC pressure
• Work at a huge scale: 300 + servers across 6 continents, petabytes of data, billions of requests every day
• Work from anywhere: 100 % remote; plan your day with overlap for team sync
• Try new ideas: We welcome experiments and fresh thinking
• Shape the code: Pick tools, set rules, and design the system
• Code first: You still write and review code most of your time (~70%). Lead second (30 %): You guide people and processes
• Team up across roles: Partner with Product, DevOps, QA, and other engineers
• Open feedback culture: Clear communication and constant improvement
• Good pay & benefits: We reward great work
  
  

🛠️ Our Tech Stack

• Node.js
• JavaScript/TypeScript/ Python
• Vue.js
• PostgreSQL
  
  

⚡️ Our Hiring Process

It’s fast and simple!

• Apply – Fill the short questionnaire + submit your CV
• HR Chat (≈ 60 min)
• Tech + Culture Interview (60-90 min) with Head of Engineering & VP of Tech
• Chat with the CEO
• Offer – If we’re a match, welcome aboard!
  
  

💡 What You’ll Do

Build & Scale High-Impact Systems with a Modern, Low-Level Approach

• Optimize high-traffic Node.js services for vertical and horizontal scaling (hundreds/thousands of RPS)
• Deep dive into performance bottlenecks and squeeze every millisecond out of the stack
• Work directly with self-managed infrastructure handling terabytes of data - no “click-to-scale” cloud abstractions here
  
  

Lead & Mentor a Growing Team, Shaping Our Engineering Culture

• Foster a collaborative, team-first environment rooted in open feedback
• Guide and unblock six remote specialists (Developers, QA, DevOps) through code reviews, pairing, and roadmap planning
• Onboard new teammates and drive best practices that raise our engineering bar
  
  

Embrace AI-Assisted Development to Revolutionize Workflow

• Champion tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and other AI coding helpers to boost quality and speed
• Experiment with emerging AI solutions and share learnings across the team
• Continuously refine processes so we ship smarter, not just harder
  
  

Own Critical Problems End-to-End in a Fast-Paced SaaS Environment

• Take full ownership of complex technical challenges - from design to production fix
• Diagnose and resolve critical system or customer-facing issues with autonomy and urgency
• Thrive in a dynamic startup setting where results matter more than process for process’s sake
  
  

🎯 What Does the Ideal Candidate Have for the Role?

• Minimum 1+ years of experience in a Team Lead role, managing and mentoring remote teams of developers in a fast-moving startup environment
• Minimum 4+ years of experience with Node.js in backend development (+1yr with TypeScript). Proven track record of working with high-traffic platforms and scalable systems (DB performance optimization, SQL schema design)
• Comfort operating outside managed cloud - bare-metal, self-hosted, or hybrid setups
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills, as well as strong communication skills, with the ability to understand business needs and translate them into technical solutions
• English - communicative level (B2)
  
  

Apply now and join our remote team!

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