Tech Lead Backend Developer (Node.js or Go)

Join our innovative team at Genesis, one of the leading software development companies dedicated to revolutionizing the IT industry. We push the boundaries of what's possible with cutting-edge technologies and foster a collaborative environment where creativity and expertise thrive and where the people who move fastest, think deepest, and take ownership go furthest.

Position Overview:

We are seeking experienced Tech Leads to lead our engineering teams. As Tech Lead, you are the technical owner of your team's outcomes. This is a hands-on role - most of your time is spent writing and reviewing code, and if you're looking for a manager seat with no coding expected, this isn't it.

This position is based onsite in Abu Dhabi, requiring 3 days a week in the office.

We're looking for someone with real drive, a builder who takes initiative, raises the bar for the team, and gets genuinely excited about hard technical problems. If you wait to be told what to do, this isn't the role. If you spot problems and solve them before anyone asks, keep reading.

Responsibilities:

• Run an engineering team of 4 to 8 engineers as its technical owner, accountable for the team's delivery and engineering health
• Set the technical direction for your team's domain and defend the decisions you make
• Write production code regularly, including in the most complex parts of the codebase
• Review code from every engineer on the team and use review as a teaching channel
• Plan delivery alongside your Product Owner: break work down, manage risk, and push back on scope when needed
• Own incidents in your domain end to end and coordinate across teams when required
• Mentor and grow your engineers, including giving direct performance feedback when needed
• Represent your team's technical posture to partners, vendors, and senior stakeholders

Requirements:

• Strong depth in at least one of our core stacks (TypeScript, Go) and the ability to ramp on the others
• Prior Tech Lead or technical leadership experience
• A track record of owning a service or product area in production over multiple quarters
• Proven experience leading engineers, whether as a Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Senior who has driven technical direction on major projects
• Demonstrated delivery in a startup or scale-up environment under shifting requirements
• Comfort with the harder parts of the role: telling someone their work isn't good enough, saying no to senior stakeholders, and owning the call when it's genuinely ambiguous
• Effective use of AI coding tools as a force multiplier for the team, not just for yourself
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills; able to explain technical decisions to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred)

Desired Skills (a big plus):

• Fintech, banking, or other regulated-industry background
• Exposure to partner-driven delivery, especially integrations with banks, asset managers, or platform vendors
• Experience leading Agile/Scrum delivery and setting team rhythm
• Contributions to open-source projects or personal projects that show what you build when nobody's watching