Senior Technical Architect & Engineering Lead

Senior Technical Architect & Engineering Lead (Node.js / Distributed Systems)

Experience: 812+ Years | Experience with PostgreSQL, Kafka, TimescaleDB, PostGIS/GIS, SCADA, MQTT, and highly available distributed systems is highly preferred.

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Technical Architect who can lead engineering delivery while actively contributing to architecture, code, infrastructure decisions, and technical strategy.

This role requires someone who can design scalable distributed systems, lead a small engineering team, work across backend, infrastructure, and integrations, and drive solutions from concept to production.

What You'll Do

• Design and build scalable backend systems, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Lead a small engineering team through architecture, development, and delivery.
• Own system reliability, high availability, failover planning, observability, and scalability.
• Design integrations with external platforms, industrial systems, and operational data sources.
• Review technical and infrastructure designs, identify risks early, and drive practical solutions.
• Work closely with stakeholders to solve complex business and engineering challenges.

Required Skills

• 812+ years of experience building and delivering production-grade software systems.
• Strong backend architecture and distributed systems experience.
• Hands-on expertise with Node.js, TypeScript, and NestJS (Java backgrounds with equivalent depth are also welcome).
• Strong PostgreSQL knowledge, including performance tuning and data modeling.
• Experience with Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms.
• Experience with TimescaleDB, PostGIS, and GIS/geospatial technologies.
• Experience integrating with SCADA systems, OPC UA, MQTT, Industrial IoT, or telemetry platforms.
• Good understanding of Docker, Kubernetes/K3s, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant systems and participating in capacity planning and infrastructure reviews.
• Experience leading engineering teams while remaining hands-on with development.

Nice to Have

• GeoServer, MapLibre, or related geospatial platforms.
• Keycloak, Kong, API gateways, and secure platform design.
• Exposure to mobile architecture (Flutter), analytics, ML-driven systems, or mission-critical platforms.

Who Will Succeed Here

Someone who enjoys being handed a problem rather than a fully-defined ticket, learns unfamiliar domains quickly, takes ownership, and can spot expensive mistakes before they are built.

We're looking for an architect who is both broad and hands-on, and not someone who architects from a distance. The ideal candidate is comfortable moving between architecture discussions, infrastructure reviews, integrations, and production code as needed.

To Apply: Please complete the following screening form - https://forms.gle/QDqDggoXuvDEoWcu5