Lead Full-Stack Engineer: Own & Elevate an In-House Platform

Talentscript; Kuwait City; On-site; KWD 28,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentScript is searching for a Lead Full-Stack Engineer to take ownership of an existing Kuwait-based platform, overseeing both frontend and backend, mobile apps, and cloud infra. You will collaborate with an external agency during handover and lead the transition in-house.

The role requires hands-on leadership, system integration expertise, and the ability to guide future development with the founders, shaping a scalable, reliable platform from day one.

Qualifications

• Proven experience maintaining live production applications.
• Ability to understand unfamiliar codebases and deploy reliable fixes.
• Strong backend and frontend engineering capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Take over the existing platform from an external agency and lead handover.
• Own full-stack development across mobile, web, backend, and APIs.
• Oversee cloud infra, databases, deployments, and reliability.
• Manage system integrations and external device communications.
• Drive technical improvements and platform evolution with founders.

Skills

Full-Stack leadership

API development

Frontend development

Backend development

Cloud infrastructure

Database design

DevOps

Tools

React

UniApp

PHP/ThinkPHP 8

MySQL

Redis

AWS EC2

Nginx

Job description

TalentScript is searching for a Lead Full-Stack Engineer to take ownership of an existing Kuwait-based platform, overseeing both frontend and backend, mobile apps, and cloud infra. You will collaborate with an external agency during handover and lead the transition in-house.

The role requires hands-on leadership, system integration expertise, and the ability to guide future development with the founders, shaping a scalable, reliable platform from day one.