Engineering Technical Lead

Codal•Chicago, IL

19h•$130,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Codal is searching for a hands-on Engineering Lead to perform various architectural tasks and provide technical leadership. To ensure success, you should have extensive experience with designing architectures and web applications, ensuring the team delivers robust, scalable and secure solutions. This role involves hands-on coding along with a team of 4-5 engineers, maintaining high quality and standards across the full stack to deliver high-performance technologies.

Requirements

Ideally 3+ years of engineering lead experience
Must have good logical & programming skills for at least one language like NodeJS/Python
Good track record in terms of finding slow code & vulnerabilities during code review
Has delivered enterprise level projects
Must have active hands-on experience alongside a leading team of engineers
Comfortable with leading a team of five

Nice To Haves

Ideally 6+ years of relevant experience in hands-on full-stack development and technical leadership.
Provide technical design architecture for implementing complex web applications and scalable backend systems.
Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to team members to ensure best practices.
Establish and maintain high standards of code quality, performance, and security across all project deliverables.
3+ years of deep expertise in technologies including Node.js, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and modern frontend & CMS frameworks.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP, and CI/CD pipelines.
Expertise in software architecture, database systems ( BigQuery/SQL/NoSQL ), and cloud-native applications.
Strong communication, leadership, and Agile methodology skills.
Demonstrated ability in delivery, scalability, and solving complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities

Design and lead the implementation of system architectures, including both scalable microservices and well-structured monolithic solutions, tailored to project requirements.
Establish and enforce best practices for backend development, focusing on robust API design (REST/GraphQL), security protocols (OAuth/JWT), and comprehensive technical documentation.
Define and manage the overall data persistence strategy, covering relational databases (PostgreSQL), NoSQL solutions (MongoDB), and high-performance caching layers (Redis).
Partner with the DevOps team on critical infrastructure management, including CI/CD pipeline optimization, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and effective utilization of AWS/Azure cloud services.
Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks within the backend stack, driving optimizations to enhance system latency and throughput.
Elevate team capabilities through deep-dive code reviews, providing constructive feedback focused on security, maintainability, and architectural soundness.