Senior MERN Lead Engineer - Hybrid, AWS

Zohorecruit; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit seeks a Sr Lead Full Stack MERN Software Engineer to guide a team in building scalable web applications in a hybrid SF Bay Area setting. You will architect and deliver both client and server components using MongoDB, Express, React, and Node, in an AWS environment, collaborating closely with engineering and product leadership.

You’ll mentor junior engineers, drive best practices, and shape the technical roadmap while embracing emerging technologies and AI-driven features to meet

Qualifications

• 10–12+ years of professional software development experience, focused on web applications.
• Proven technical leader or Sr Lead Engineer in fast-paced startup environments.
• Experience with MERN stack and AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and interest in AI-driven features.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor engineers on design and development of complex web applications.
• Architect and implement front-end components and server-side APIs using MERN.
• Drive performance, scalability, and reliability of large-scale distributed systems.
• Promote best practices, coding standards, and development processes within the team.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Strong communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering

Tools

MongoDB

Express

React

Node.js

Next.js

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

CloudFormation

Job description

Zohorecruit seeks a Sr Lead Full Stack MERN Software Engineer to guide a team in building scalable web applications in a hybrid SF Bay Area setting. You will architect and deliver both client and server components using MongoDB, Express, React, and Node, in an AWS environment, collaborating closely with engineering and product leadership.

You’ll mentor junior engineers, drive best practices, and shape the technical roadmap while embracing emerging technologies and AI-driven features to meet