Tech Lead Backend Developer (Node.js or Go)
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Genesis Solutions seeks a Tech Lead Backend Developer to lead a team of 4-8 engineers, write production code, set technical direction, and mentor engineers. Requires strong depth in TypeScript or Go and prior Tech Lead experience.
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Responsibilities
- Run an engineering team of 4 to 8 engineers as its technical owner, accountable for the team's delivery and engineering health
- Set the technical direction for your team's domain and defend the decisions you make
- Write production code regularly, including in the most complex parts of the codebase
- Review code from every engineer on the team and use review as a teaching channel
- Plan delivery alongside your Product Owner: break work down, manage risk, and push back on scope when needed
- Own incidents in your domain end to end and coordinate across teams when required
- Mentor and grow your engineers, including giving direct performance feedback when needed
- Represent your team's technical posture to partners, vendors, and senior stakeholders
Requirements
- Strong depth in at least one of our core stacks (TypeScript, Go) and ability to ramp on the others
- Prior Tech Lead or technical leadership experience
- Track record of owning a service or product area in production over multiple quarters
- Proven experience leading engineers, whether as a Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Senior
- Demonstrated delivery in a startup or scale up environment under shifting requirements
- Effective use of AI coding tools as a force multiplier for the team
- Excellent problem solving and communication skills
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Position Overview
- We are seeking experienced Tech Leads to lead our engineering teams.
- As Tech Lead, you are the technical owner of your team's outcomes. This is a hands on role most of your time is spent writing and reviewing code.
- This position is based onsite in Abu Dhabi, requiring 3 days a week in the office.
Responsibilities
- Run an engineering team of 4 to 8 engineers as its technical owner, accountable for the team's delivery and engineering health
- Set the technical direction for your team's domain and defend the decisions you make
- Write production code regularly, including in the most complex parts of the codebase
- Review code from every engineer on the team and use review as a teaching channel
- Plan delivery alongside your Product Owner: break work down, manage risk, and push back on scope when needed
- Own incidents in your domain end to end and coordinate across teams when required
- Mentor and grow your engineers, including giving direct performance feedback when needed
- Represent your team's technical posture to partners, vendors, and senior stakeholders
Requirements
- Strong depth in at least one of our core stacks (TypeScript, Go) and the ability to ramp on the others
- Prior Tech Lead or technical leadership experience
- A track record of owning a service or product area in production over multiple quarters
- Proven experience leading engineers, whether as a Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Senior who has driven technical direction on major projects
- Demonstrated delivery in a startup or scale up environment under shifting requirements
- Comfort with the harder parts of the role: telling someone their work isn't good enough, saying no to senior stakeholders, and owning the call when it's genuinely ambiguous
- Effective use of AI coding tools as a force multiplier for the team, not just for yourself
- Excellent problem solving and communication skills; able to explain technical decisions to both engineers and non technical stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred)
Desired Skills (a big plus)
- Fintech, banking, or other regulated industry background
- Exposure to partner driven delivery, especially integrations with banks, asset managers, or platform vendors
- Experience leading Agile/Scrum delivery and setting team rhythm
- Contributions to open source projects or personal projects that show what you build when nobody's watching
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