Full Stack Team Lead

D4 Insight; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

D4 Insight in Bengaluru, India is seeking an experienced Senior Full Stack Engineer / Technical Lead with a strong backend focus to design, build, and operate large-scale distributed systems. You will balance hands-on coding with technical leadership across cloud-native platforms, scalable backend services, and platform reliability.

You will mentor engineers, contribute to architecture decisions, and collaborate with Product Owners, DevOps, and other teams to deliver robust, maintainable

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building and operating high-scale backend systems in production.
• Deep expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, and Express.js.
• Strong experience with Microservices Architecture and distributed system design.
• Expertise in Kafka for event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, and service integration.
• Strong MongoDB expertise covering data modeling, indexing, aggregation pipelines, and performance tuning.
• Experience with Redis for caching, distributed locking, session management, and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead the development of cloud-native backend platforms and services.
• Own technical direction, standards, and delivery planning for the squad.
• Design scalable, distributed, event-driven backend services and optimize workloads.
• Drive platform reliability, security, and performance across production systems.
• Mentor engineers and promote strong engineering practices; collaborate with Product Owners and DevOps.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Express.js

Kafka

MongoDB

Redis

ReactJS

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking for experienced Senior Full Stack Engineer / Technical Lead with a strong backend engineering focus to design, build, and operate large-scale distributed systems. The role combines hands‑on engineering with technical leadership, covering cloud-native platforms, scalable backend services, event‑driven systems, platform reliability, security, and performance.

Location: Bengaluru, India

Experience: 10+ Years

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Architect and lead the development of cloud-native backend platforms using:
  • Node.js
  • TypeScript
  • Express.js
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Kafka
• Own technical direction, solution architecture, engineering standards, and delivery planning for the squad.
• Design scalable, distributed, event‑driven backend services and optimize distributed workloads.

Platform Engineering

• Drive platform reliability, security, and performance across production systems.
• Maintain hands‑on involvement in frontend development using ReactJS.
• Ensure code quality through reviews, engineering standards, and best practices.

Team Leadership

• Mentor and guide engineers across the squad.
• Foster technical growth and promote strong engineering practices.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, DevOps, and other engineering teams to deliver scalable and maintainable solutions.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience building and operating high-scale backend systems in production environments.
• Deep expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, and Express.js.
• Strong experience with Microservices Architecture and distributed system design.
• Expertise in Kafka for event‑driven architectures, asynchronous processing, and service integration.
• Strong MongoDB expertise covering data modeling, indexing, aggregation pipelines, and performance tuning.
• Experience with Redis for caching, distributed locking, session management, and performance optimization.

Additional Technical Skills

• Experience with cloud platforms – Azure preferred, with AWS or GCP acceptable.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and DevOps practices.
• Experience with API design, security, authentication, authorization, and observability.
• Hands‑on experience with ReactJS.