Lead Full-Stack Engineer — Portugal-Based, Impactful Apps

Digital Product Studio; Braga; Remote; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Product Studio is seeking a Lead Full-stack Engineer to join their remote team (Portugal-based). You will shape technical delivery, lead a cross-functional team, and influence architectural decisions while partnering with Product, Design, and Delivery.

This role offers ownership of high-impact digital products and a craftsman-style engineering culture. Ideal candidates have hands-on leadership, deep full-stack expertise (JS/TS/Node) and strong cloud/infra experience.

Qualifications

• Strong experience building modern full-stack applications (JS/TS/Node or similar).
• Deep expertise in at least one modern frontend framework (React, Vue, Next.js).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP), CI/CD and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Strong understanding of API design (REST/GraphQL), databases and system architecture.
• Experience delivering secure, scalable, high-performance applications.
• Comfortable leading technical discussions with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working in agile environments (Scrum/Kanban).

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction across projects, ensuring scalable, secure and high-quality solutions.
• Work across the full stack — frontend, backend and cloud infrastructure.
• Partner with Product, Design and Delivery to balance quality, timelines and budgets.
• Engage directly with clients, shaping technical solutions and influencing decisions.
• Stay close to the code, acting as a senior technical authority.
• Mentor engineers and help elevate team capability and standards.

Skills

Full-stack development

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

React/Vue/Next.js

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

CI/CD

Terraform

REST/GraphQL

Databases

System architecture

Agile (Scrum/Kanban)

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Digital Product Studio is seeking a Lead Full-stack Engineer to join their remote team (Portugal-based). You will shape technical delivery, lead a cross-functional team, and influence architectural decisions while partnering with Product, Design, and Delivery.

This role offers ownership of high-impact digital products and a craftsman-style engineering culture. Ideal candidates have hands-on leadership, deep full-stack expertise (JS/TS/Node) and strong cloud/infra experience.