Lead JavaScript Full Stack Engineer

We are building a Lead JavaScript Full Stack Engineer role to guide a five-product pod centered on an explorer platform spanning 10 repos and event-driven services. You will steer sprint delivery, raise event stream reliability across Confluent Kafka consumers, and run the field notes sunset migration while shipping features on explorer and live.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction across five products that share a TypeScript/Node.js stack
• Drive event stream reliability improvements on the explorer platform, including dead-letter queue implementation, retry patterns, and consumer failure handling
• Resolve the authentication stability fix impacting the explorer platform's DynamoDB-backed auth layer
• Perform code reviews and maintain engineering standards across the pod
• Lead sprint planning, backlog refinement, and delivery risk management for the Exploration Pod
• Run the field notes platform sunset migration while continuing active feature delivery on other products
• Monitor and communicate pod-level delivery health to the Engagement Lead
• Mentor pod engineers and help grow their skills, especially in event-driven patterns and PostgreSQL data modeling
• Partner with the Business Analyst to confirm stories are well-defined before sprint planning
• Contribute to cross-pod architecture discussions with the Solution Architect
• Coach engineers on effective AI-assisted development, particularly for complex event-driven debugging and data consistency problem-solving
• Use AI-assisted incident diagnosis to analyze logs, trace consumer failures, and propose remediation steps

Requirements

• Proven track record with 5+ years of experience as a full stack engineer and strong event-driven systems experience
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team through high complexity without losing delivery momentum
• Hands-on proficiency in TypeScript, Next.js, and NestJS
• Deep understanding of Confluent Kafka, including KafkaJS and Avro
• Solid background with PostgreSQL and TypeORM
• Working familiarity with Redis (ElastiCache)
• Practical knowledge of AWS ECS/Lambda and GitLab CI
• Experience leading a team that uses AI coding assistants as part of the standard development workflow
• Clear understanding of identity management concepts and constructs, ideally with Auth0 or equivalent identity management platforms
• English proficiency at B2 level (Upper-Intermediate) or higher

Benefits

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn