Tech Lead (Node.js/TypeScript) - Portugal Full Remote

HumanIT Digital Consulting

Porto

Remote

EUR 28,000 - 36,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

15th month salary

Birthday off

Mobility program

Work-life balance

Job summary

HumanIT Digital Consulting is seeking an experienced Tech Lead to guide a Node.js/TypeScript team, balancing leadership with hands-on coding to shape scalable software solutions.

Based in Portugal and eligible for fully remote work, you will mentor engineers, review code, design robust RESTful APIs and microservices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment.

Qualifications

5+ years of professional Node.js experience.
Proficient in JavaScript and TypeScript, with a deep understanding of Node.js.
Experience building RESTful APIs and microservices.
Experience with GraphQL.
Strong knowledge of AWS and/or GCP.
Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
Strong leadership and communication skills, with experience mentoring and providing technical guidance to developers.
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, including identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks.
Adherence to best practices, coding standards, and development methodologies.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and agile environment.
Fluent English (written and spoken) for daily work with international teams.
Based in Portugal.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of developers, while contributing hands-on in design, development and maintenance.
Define technical requirements, design scalable architectures and ensure code quality and performance.
Perform code reviews and guide QA processes; stay updated on Node.js trends and technologies.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on architecture decisions and delivery.
Foster a lean, autonomous, and collaborative engineering culture.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

REST APIs

GraphQL

AWS/GCP

Git

Leadership

Problem solving

Agile

English

Portugal

Job description

Tech Lead (Node.js/TypeScript) - Portugal Full Remote

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for an experienced Tech Lead with a strong background in Node.js development to lead and mentor a team of developers while contributing hands-on to the design, development, and maintenance of innovative software solutions.

This is a fully remote position for candidates based in Portugal, with optional access to modern offices in Porto, Aveiro, and Coimbra whenever you want to connect with the team in person.

It is a role for someone who enjoys balancing people leadership with technical craft, in a low-politics, self-organised environment where the whole team owns the project together.

PROJECT & CONTEXT

Our client is an international product engineering company delivering high-performance, resilient, and scalable software systems for users and businesses across the world. The engineering culture is lean, agile, and collaborative, with real autonomy over technical decisions and a strong emphasis on freedom and responsibility going hand in hand.

In this role you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and specifications, design scalable architectures, and ensure the quality and performance of the codebase. You will contribute to architectural decisions, code reviews, and quality assurance processes, while staying up to date with the latest trends and technologies in Node.js development.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR (Required)

5+ years of professional experience in Node.js development
Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, with a deep understanding of Node.js
Experience building RESTful APIs and microservices
Experience with GraphQL
Strong knowledge of AWS and/or GCP
Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)
Strong leadership and communication skills, with experience mentoring and providing technical guidance to developers
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, including identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks
Adherence to best practices, coding standards, and development methodologies
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and agile environment
Fluent English (written and spoken) for daily work with international teams
Based in Portugal

NICE TO HAVE (Preferred)