Lead Full-Stack Engineer: TypeScript/React & Kotlin Backend

EPAM Systems, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Learning & development

Global career opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Full-Stack Engineer to design and deliver production-grade web systems across frontend and backend services.

You will lead cross-team technical direction and ship accessible, high-performance experiences. You'll develop features with TypeScript and React, build JVM or TS backends in Kotlin/Java, design APIs with gRPC/protobuf and REST, and model data in DynamoDB and PostgreSQL while leveraging AWS, containers, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-stack web engineering experience shipping production systems.
• Strong TypeScript and modern React experience including state management and performance optimization.
• Hands-on gRPC and protobuf experience alongside HTTP and REST APIs.
• Solid DynamoDB and PostgreSQL data modeling experience for product features.
• Strong AWS, containers, and CI/CD consumer experience in production environments.
• Strong testing discipline across unit, integration, and end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design decisions across frontend and backend systems.
• Build and ship full-stack features using TypeScript and React with strong state management practices.
• Develop backend services and shared libraries using Kotlin/Java on the JVM or TypeScript.
• Design and integrate APIs using gRPC/protobuf and HTTP/REST patterns.
• Model and evolve data storage in DynamoDB and PostgreSQL to support product capabilities.
• Coordinate cross-team technical execution and unblock delivery risks.
• Review code and provide clear technical feedback to raise team quality.

Skills

TypeScript

React

State management

Kotlin/Java

gRPC/Protobuf

REST/HTTP APIs

DynamoDB data modeling

PostgreSQL data modeling

AWS

CI/CD

Testing (unit/integration/e2e)

Cross-team leadership

English (B2+)

Tools

Kotlin

Java

TypeScript

Docker

OpenTelemetry

Protobuf

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Full-Stack Engineer to design and deliver production-grade web systems across frontend and backend services.

You will lead cross-team technical direction and ship accessible, high-performance experiences. You'll develop features with TypeScript and React, build JVM or TS backends in Kotlin/Java, design APIs with gRPC/protobuf and REST, and model data in DynamoDB and PostgreSQL while leveraging AWS, containers, and CI/CD.