Lead Full-Stack Engineer — Platform Owner

Talentscript; Kuwait City; Presencial; KWD 24.000 - 48.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

TalentScript is recruiting a Lead Full-Stack Engineer for a Kuwait-based technology startup seeking its first in-house technical hire. Take ownership of the platform, understand how everything works, and lead its future evolution across mobile apps, web interfaces, backend systems, and connected devices.

This hands-on role requires deep full-stack expertise (PHP/JavaScript) and the ability to work with an external agency while guiding internal development as the company transitions to in-house

Formación

• Strong hands-on experience in full-stack development, particularly PHP and JavaScript.
• Proven experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving live production applications.
• Ability to independently understand unfamiliar codebases, trace technical issues, and implement reliable solutions.
• Solid understanding of backend architecture, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and deployment processes.
• Experience taking technical ownership of projects or systems, ideally involving external development teams.
• Comfortable working independently and making technical decisions without an established internal engineering team.

Responsabilidades

• Take Over the Existing Platform: Work with the external development agency to review the source code, understand the architecture, and manage the technical handover.
• Own Full-Stack Development: Maintain, troubleshoot, and improve mobile applications, frontend interfaces, backend systems, and APIs.
• Manage Technical Operations: Oversee cloud infrastructure, databases, deployments, application performance, and system reliability.
• Handle System Integrations: Understand and manage communication between applications, backend services, third-party integrations, and connected devices.
• Drive Technical Improvements: Identify weaknesses, resolve technical challenges, and decide what needs fixing, improving, or rebuilding.
• Shape Future Development: Work directly with the founders to translate business needs into technical solutions and guide the platform’s future direction.

Conocimientos

PHP

JavaScript

Full-stack development

APIs

Cloud infrastructure

AWS

MySQL

Redis

ThinkPHP

React

UniApp

Vue

Herramientas

AWS

Nginx

MySQL

Redis

Vue

UniApp

React

ThinkPHP

Descripción del empleo

TalentScript is recruiting a Lead Full-Stack Engineer for a Kuwait-based technology startup seeking its first in-house technical hire. Take ownership of the platform, understand how everything works, and lead its future evolution across mobile apps, web interfaces, backend systems, and connected devices.

This hands-on role requires deep full-stack expertise (PHP/JavaScript) and the ability to work with an external agency while guiding internal development as the company transitions to in-house