Lead Engineer, Backend

About this role

JoVE is the world-leading video platform for scientific research and education. Millions of scientists, educators and students worldwide use JoVE for their research, teaching and learning. Our institutional clients comprise over 1,000 universities, colleges, and biopharma companies, including leaders such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. As a rapidly growing company, with offices in the USA, UK, Australia, and India servicing clients in over 60 countries, we are seeking talented and ambitious individuals to join our company. The Role We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer 3 to help lead the development of fast, well-tested, and performant code for our web applications and modernizing our application stack. If you are the kind of engineer passionate about developing well-built, reusable components following industry best practices, and love working in a collaborative environment with your product partners and dependency teams, then we want to talk to you. Responsibilities Collaborate with Designers, Product Managers, and Software Engineers to build and maintain the user experience, accessibility, and development feasibility of the website, applications, and supporting digital spaces. Design and implement innovative solutions for the presentation of data and content on our websites, mobile apps, and other platforms. Adhere to JoVE’s brand standards and convey it cohesively across the website, supporting digital spaces and third-party platforms. Stay updated on the latest standards, changes, and web design and development trends. Contribute towards engineering excellence in areas like automated unit testing. Collaborate with key stakeholders on project design and implementation and other developers to maintain standards and create a reusable codebase Expected to be self-motivated, needing little guidance on completing tasks on time and meeting expectations in terms of requirements Explain and “whiteboard” complex technical issues to audiences with varying levels of technical expertise Debug software components and identify code defects for remediation. Assist in automating deployments to development and other environments Requirements 7+ years of experience building scalable, data-driven backend systems and APIs. At least 2 years of experience in a technical leadership role, leading and mentoring engineering teams. Strong proficiency in server-side programming (Node.js). Familiarity with frontend technologies - React, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS Strong understanding of system design, data architecture, and microservices or modular monoliths. Skilled in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and integrating with third-party services and external SDKs. Experience with event-driven systems, asynchronous processing, and message queues (Kafka, SNS/SQS, RabbitMQ, etc.). Experienced with SQL and NoSQL databases — e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis,— with the ability to optimize queries and model complex data relationships. Solid experience with cloud-native architecture using AWS (serverless, ECS/Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudFormation, etc.) or equivalent platforms. Demonstrated understanding and implementation of software design principles such as SOLID and DRY with Software as a Service (SaaS), multi-tenancy application development Embraces the concepts of Agile Scrum software development and its related collaboration and issue-tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Rally). Experience working in a Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CICD) model, including GitHub and CI pipeline automation tools Ability to triage and resolve incidents and lead incident investigations. Benefits A competitive compensation package. We are fully remote! You will make a direct impact in accelerating science research and education. Opportunity to work with global teams and in an environment that promotes innovation and collaboration. Our strong promotion from within culture draws a clear path to advance your career with us.