Tech Lead – Serverless / Node.js / AWS (TypeScript)

About Webellian

Webellian is a well-established Digital transformation and IT consulting company committed to creating a positive impact for our clients. We are driven by shared values, strong principles, and a passion for innovative and disruptive technologies. We are a community of engineers and senior advisors who work with our clients across industries, playing a deep and meaningful role in accelerating and realizing their vision and strategy.

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly experienced Tech Lead to guide a team of talented engineers in building scalable, maintainabl and modern backend systems. You will play a key role in shaping the architecture, mentoring team members, and delivering high-quality solutions using a serverless-first approach.

This position is ideal for a Senior Software Engineer or Software Architect with deep hands-on experience in TypeScript, AWS Lambda, and Node.js, and strong exposure to cloud-native development on AWS. Proficiency in Java is also important, as some components of our systems still run on JVM-based technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of backend systems using TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS Lambda.

• Architect and optimize serverless solutions using AWS services (API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SNS/SQS, etc.).

• Guide the engineering team through technical challenges, ensuring best practices in code quality, performance, and security.

• Mentor team members, perform code reviews, and promote a culture of engineering excellence.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to deliver high-impact features.

• Ensure scalable, cost-effective cloud architecture aligned with business goals.

• Champion DevOps and CI/CD practices using AWS-native and third-party tools.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering.

• 3+ years in a technical leadership or architectural role.

• Expert-level skills in TypeScript and Node.js in production environments.

• Extensive experience with AWS Lambda and serverless architectures.

• Solid understanding of AWS services: DynamoDB, S3, API Gateway, IAM, Step Functions, etc.

• Proven experience with Java in real-world applications.

• Strong understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Serverless Framework, AWS CDK, or Terraform).

• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits

• Opportunity to shape the technical direction of mission-critical systems

• Flexible work arrangements (remote-friendly)

• A strong engineering culture with high autonomy and ownership

• Contract under Polish law: B2B or Umowa o Pracę

• Benefits such as private medical care, group insurance, Multisport card

• There are English classes available

• Hybrid work (at least 2 days/week on-site) in Warsaw (Mokotów)

• Opportunity to work with excellent professionals

• High standards of work and focus on the quality of code

• Pinball, PlayStation & much more (on-site 🤫)