[Hiring] Team Lead (Python / Node.js) @Actyc
Team Lead (Python / Node.js) @Actyc
Software Development
Salary unspecified
Remote Location
Employment Type full-time
Posted 2d ago

[Hiring] Team Lead (Python / Node.js) @Actyc

2d ago - Actyc is hiring a remote Team Lead (Python / Node.js). πŸ’Έ Salary: unspecified πŸ“Location: Europe

Role Description

We are looking for a hands-on Team Lead who enjoys coding and working closely with a small engineering team. This role is approximately 70% coding and 30% leadership, with a strong focus on building and optimizing high-traffic backend systems.

  • Design, develop, and optimize backend services using Node.js
  • Work on high-load systems (thousands of RPS)
  • Identify performance bottlenecks and improve system efficiency
  • Collaborate with self-managed infrastructure handling large-scale data
  • Mentor and support a small remote team (initially 2+ engineers)
  • Conduct code reviews and contribute to technical decision-making
  • Help onboard new team members and improve engineering practices
  • Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Copilot, Cursor)
  • Take ownership of features from design to production

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of backend development with Node.js
  • 1+ year of experience as Team Lead (or strong mentoring experience)
  • Proven experience working with high-traffic or scalable platforms
  • Experience leading or mentoring remote engineering teams
  • Strong understanding of system performance and scaling
  • Comfortable working outside fully managed cloud environments
  • English β€” B2 level or higher
  • Location: EU (required)

Requirements

  • Experience with Python
  • Experience with bare-metal / self-hosted infrastructure
  • Experience with distributed systems or event-driven architecture
  • Experience optimizing latency or performance-critical services

Benefits

  • Hands-on engineering role with real technical impact
  • Opportunity to shape architecture and development practices
  • Small team with fast decision-making
  • Work on performance-critical, large-scale systems
  • Modern AI-assisted development workflow
  • Remote collaboration within the EU
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Employment Type full-time
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