Tech Lead Back-end Engineer
Robots & PencilsUkraine12 hours ago
Full-timeEngineering
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Robots & Pencils is seeking a Backend Developer (L4) to support a dedicated delivery team focused on evolving safety-critical and customer-facing applications used daily by field crews, supervisors, and customers. The team emphasizes reliability, security, and regulatory compliance while delivering technical modernization, roadmap initiatives, and platform improvements.
You’ll work in a mature Agile environment alongside stakeholders and internal team members to deliver end-to-end backend solutions, while providing technical guidance and leadership to ensure high-quality outcomes.
This role is ideal for an experienced backend engineer with strong technical leadership skills, expertise in Node.js and TypeScript, and a commitment to building reliable, scalable, and maintainable backend systems.
Key Responsibilities
You’ll contribute to a high-impact, short-term initiative that supports critical applications used daily by teams in the field. You’ll join a team that values technical excellence, reliability, collaboration, and delivering backend solutions that make a real difference.
You’ll work in a mature Agile environment alongside stakeholders and internal team members to deliver end-to-end backend solutions, while providing technical guidance and leadership to ensure high-quality outcomes.
This role is ideal for an experienced backend engineer with strong technical leadership skills, expertise in Node.js and TypeScript, and a commitment to building reliable, scalable, and maintainable backend systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Node.js and TypeScript.
- Build and maintain REST and GraphQL APIs to support mobile and web applications.
- Ensure application reliability, performance, and security in compliance with enterprise standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including frontend engineers, QA, and product managers, to deliver full-feature development.
- Lead technical decisions, code reviews, and provide guidance on best practices and architecture.
- Work with databases (SQL/PostgreSQL or equivalent) and AWS cloud services (EC2, Lambda, RDS or equivalent).
- Support integration with legacy systems while modernizing the backend platform.
- 7+ years of professional backend development experience.
- Strong proficiency in Node.js, TypeScript, REST APIs, and GraphQL.
- Experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL or similar) and cloud platforms (AWS).
- Solid understanding of backend architecture, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Experience working in Agile environments and delivering high-quality enterprise applications.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and cloud infrastructure as code.
- Familiarity with regulated enterprise environments or safety-critical applications.
- Previous experience in technical leadership or mentoring roles.
- Clear and proactive communicator.
- Collaborative mindset and ability to work with complex technical landscapes.
- Attention to quality, reliability, and maintainable architecture.
- Comfort working with legacy systems while driving modernization efforts.
You’ll contribute to a high-impact, short-term initiative that supports critical applications used daily by teams in the field. You’ll join a team that values technical excellence, reliability, collaboration, and delivering backend solutions that make a real difference.
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