Wise Skulls · 5 days ago
Tech Lead – Node.js
Dallas, TX
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expWise Skulls is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead – Node.js to join their Digital API team focused on building customer-facing microservices. The role involves designing, building, and owning Node.js/TypeScript microservices while leading engineering standards and collaborating across various teams.
EmploymentRecruitingStaffing Agency
No H1B
U.S. Citizen OnlyHiring Manager
Taukir Pathan
Responsibilities
Design, build, and own Node.js/TypeScript microservices from zero-to-production
Spending ~ 70% of your time coding
Set API and engineering standards
Drive production readiness
Lead incident triage
Collaborate across web, mobile, data, security, and operations teams
Qualification
Required
8+ years of backend engineering experience, with 3+ years in technical leadership
Expert-level Node.js & TypeScript
Strong experience with Express / Fastify / NestJS
Proven delivery of domain-driven, event-driven microservices
Deep understanding of DDD concepts (entities, aggregates, bounded contexts)
Experience designing secure, public REST APIs (OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, OpenAPI/Swagger)
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes & cloud-native deployments
Solid knowledge of CI/CD, observability, metrics, logs, traces & SLOs
Proven experience leading production incidents and RCAs
Ability to work onsite in Dallas, TX
USC or GC only
Company
Wise Skulls
Since 2019, Wise Skulls has been redefining the landscape of contractual staffing by connecting exceptional talent with industry-leading opportunities.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Ruby Jaggi
Founder
Company data provided by crunchbase