Fullstack Tech Lead

About Teamified

Teamified works with top enterprises and digital native businesses in Australia helping them build their remote teams in India, Philippines and Sri Lanka. We pride ourselves with hiring great teams to work on exciting game changing technology. Teamified currently has 200+ engineers, testers, product managers etc. working across 20+ partners. We focus on uplifting the way organisations build and manage their remote teams through great working relationships, trust, integrity, culture and hiring processes. Additional to this we are building our own technology product offerings. We strive to deliver the best outcomes for our customers, our partners and our people.

About our Client:

Our client is a workforce expert, specialising in funding and back office solutions for recruitment, labour hire and other contingent labour industries. They were founded in 2013 with the purpose ‘to make lives easier through innovative business finance’. Whilst their range of products has expanded since then, their core mission remains the same. To allow businesses to thrive by helping them overcome cash flow or administrative hurdles, freeing them up to focus on what they do best. In the last 10 years, they've helped 100s of businesses start, scale and succeed with a range of innovative solutions, expert advice and first class customer service, funding over $3bn of invoices and processing payroll for over 120,000 timesheets.development.

About the Role:

We’re looking for a hands-on Fullstack Tech Lead with strong backend development and AWS/DevOps experience to spearhead the technical foundation of a new payment platform. You’ll play a pivotal role in defining the architecture, guiding the technology choices, and establishing best-practice engineering standards.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the technical direction of a greenfield project, setting up AWS accounts, CI/CD pipelines, and implementing modern, scalable fullstack solutions.

Experience with payment systems or payment gateways (e.g., Stripe, PayPal, Adyen) and secure transaction processing will be highly valued, as you’ll help design and implement robust payment workflows and integrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Fullstack development with a strong focus on backend, scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Design and implement the application architecture, APIs, and system integrations.
• Set up and manage AWS infrastructure, including environment provisioning, Identify and access management, networking, and monitoring.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines and ensure robust build, test, and deployment processes.
• Collaborate on technology decisions, particularly around backend stack (initially Node.js and TypeScript) and frameworks.
• Mentor and guide developers, conduct code reviews, and maintain high engineering standards.
• Work cross-functionally with stakeholders to deliver features on time.
• Ensure best practices in security, testing, and DevOps automation are followed.

Requirements

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong backend development expertise, ideally with Node.js and TypeScript (or comparable languages i.e. Java or Golang).
• Proven AWS experience – building, deploying, and managing production workloads.
• Solid understanding of DevOps principles and hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (i.e.. Terraform, CloudFormation), and monitoring tools.
• Strong grasp of system design, API design, and microservices architecture.
• Experience setting up greenfield projects or modernizing legacy systems.
• Frontend development experience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Next.js, or Vue.js, including component-based architecture, state management, and responsive design.
• Familiarity with containerisation (Docker, ECS/EKS) and testing frameworks.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and eagerness to learn new technologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice-to-Haves

• Familiarity with frontend frameworks (React, Next.js) for integration awareness.
• Experience in startup or fast-scaling environments.

Benefits

• Flexibility in work hours and location, with a focus on managing energy rather than time.
• Access to online learning platforms and a budget for professional development
• A collaborative, no-silos environment, encouraging learning and growth across teams
• A dynamic social culture with team lunches, social events, and opportunities for creative input
• Health insurance
• Leave Benefits
• Provident Fund
• Gratuity

If you possess the required skills and are eager to contribute to our team's success, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Apply now!