Tech Lead, Cloud-Native SaaS Platform

Cast & Crew; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

Cast & Crew's Final Draft team seeks an experienced full-stack Tech Lead to steer a major transition to cloud-based SaaS. You will guide architecture, mentor a 13-person SWE/SDET team, split about 50/50 between hands-on coding and leadership, and own end-to-end delivery across Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android.

You’ll collaborate with product and cross-functional teams to scale systems, improve reliability, and adopt Lean-Agile practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience; Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related fields a plus.
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms like AWS (strongly preferred), Azure, or GCP is essential.
• Recent development experience in cloud-based NoSQL (MongoDB is preferred) required.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript for backend and React, React Native, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the front-end.
• Experience with system design principles and patterns (OOP, functional programming).
• Knowledge of data modeling, REST APIs, and API gateway patterns.
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), microservices, and serverless architecture.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools and practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of cloud cost management and optimization.
• Software development experience within the US-based Media and Entertainment industry.
• Familiarity with and background in Responsible GenAI, LLM, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) implementation are valuable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor our engineering team, and provide code reviews that reflect acceptance criteria, robustness, style, and maintainability
• Drive technical direction as we move from a desktop and mobile app to a cloud-based company
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that projects are delivered on time and meet business and customer requirements
• Ensure scalability and performance of our system to provide a seamless experience for users
• Partner with product team to design and architect new features that will enhance productivity of our writers and solve existing pain points
• Plan how and when to upgrade our infrastructure and toolset, and address technical debt in collaboration with other senior members of the engineering team
• Maintain best practices to ensure platform uptime, stability, and responsiveness, and implement new policies as needed
• Drive velocity and identify ways we can increase velocity overtime
• Contribute high quality code of your own, working on issues and product

Skills

8+ years of software development

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

MongoDB

TypeScript/JavaScript

React/React Native

REST APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Cost optimization

Media & Entertainment industry (US)

Responsible GenAI / LLM / RAG

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Cast & Crew's Final Draft team seeks an experienced full-stack Tech Lead to steer a major transition to cloud-based SaaS. You will guide architecture, mentor a 13-person SWE/SDET team, split about 50/50 between hands-on coding and leadership, and own end-to-end delivery across Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android.

You’ll collaborate with product and cross-functional teams to scale systems, improve reliability, and adopt Lean-Agile practices.