Lead Full Stack Engineer (React, Node.js)
Virtusa
About the role
Lead the technical implementation of a media and entertainment platform across frontend, backend, and cloud services. Define engineering best practices, coding standards, and translate architecture into scalable application designs.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires expert-level experience in Next.js, React, and Node.js, along with strong proficiency in AWS and PostgreSQL. Experience with AI frameworks and media streaming platforms is also required.
Benefits
Full description
This is a remote position.
We are looking for experienced team players to fill the position of Lead Full Stack Engineer (React, Node.js) and participate in our up-and-coming project for our client from the media & entertainment area.
You can expect to:
- Lead the technical implementation of the platform across frontend, backend, integrations, and cloud services.
- Translate solution architecture into scalable and maintainable application designs.
- Define coding standards, branching strategies, development guidelines, and engineering best practices.
- Lead the development of modern user experiences using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.
Requirements
- Expert-level experience in Next.js, React, TypeScript, and modern frontend architectures.
- Strong backend development experience using Node.js, Express, NestJS, or FastAPI.
- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures.
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL and Supabase.
- Experience with AWS services including S3, Lambda, CloudFront, Cognito, API Gateway, and EventBridge.
- Experience integrating media processing and streaming platforms such as Bitmovin.
- Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, RBAC, and identity management solutions.
- Experience implementing workflow orchestration and distributed processing architectures.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and automated deployment practices.
- Experience building secure, scalable, and highly available cloud-native applications.
- Familiarity with observability platforms including CloudWatch, Datadog, and OpenTelemetry.
- Experience with AI and Agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph, Amazon Bedrock, Claude, and AI-assisted workflows.
- Experience with testing frameworks including Jest, Playwright, Cypress, and integration testing strategies.
- Strong understanding of application performance optimization and scalability patterns.
- Experience working with enterprise modernization and migration programs.
Benefits
Professional training programs
Work with a team that is recognized for its excellence. We have been featured in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 & FT 1000 rankings. We have also received the Great Place To Work® certification for seven years in a row
