Node.js Team Lead: AI-Driven Payments & Wallets

Aloplay; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wolt allowance

Snacks and beverages

Wellness app

Team events

Job summary

Aloplay is seeking a Node.js Team Lead to spearhead an AI-native core engineering team responsible for accounts, wallets and a bonus engine. This hands-on leadership role combines backend architecture, technical ownership and daily use of AI coding agents to build secure, scalable services.

You will mentor two developers and a QA engineer, drive architectural decisions, ensure data integrity in high-volume financial workflows, and align API contracts across Payments, Games and Sports teams.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of small engineering teams delivering backend services.
• Experience with secure, high-integrity financial transaction systems.
• Strong API design and code review skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the AI-native core engineering team and own accounts, wallet and bonus engine.
• Establish AI-assisted development workflow with coding agents and guardrails.
• Define and maintain API contracts across Payments, Games and Sports teams.
• Ensure reliable processing and data consistency for high-volume transactions.
• Review AI-generated code impacting security-sensitive functionality.

Skills

Leadership

Security-minded

API design

Code reviews

Mentoring

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

NestJS

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kubernetes

AWS

Message queues

LLM / AI agents

Job description

Aloplay is seeking a Node.js Team Lead to spearhead an AI-native core engineering team responsible for accounts, wallets and a bonus engine. This hands-on leadership role combines backend architecture, technical ownership and daily use of AI coding agents to build secure, scalable services.

You will mentor two developers and a QA engineer, drive architectural decisions, ensure data integrity in high-volume financial workflows, and align API contracts across Payments, Games and Sports teams.