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

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 — 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