Lead Software Engineer

The Knot Worldwide • Austin, TX

3h • Remote

About The Position

The Knot Worldwide is looking for a highly motivated, full-stack Lead Software Engineer with a passion for delivering value to the business, while helping to drive and ensure that engineering best practices are adopted and followed. You will be responsible for driving technical direction and mentorship to the team—working on complex and challenging user problems alongside other driven and talented engineers.
This role is in our eCommerce Zone, responsible for Cart, Checkout, and Payments across our multiple eCommerce product offerings on The Knot. We offer everything from cash funds to products in our own Registry store, ensuring that every couple can use The Knot to celebrate their big day with their friends and family.
We work in small, agile teams that move fast, so you will be building and owning all aspects of systems end-to-end, including infrastructure, data, APIs, and web apps. As a member of this team, you’ll be actively involved in implementing and delivering new features and services in an iterative, agile fashion. You'll be working with our product and design teams at all stages of the SDLC to ensure we’re producing the very best experience for our users, as well as supporting critical business objectives.

Requirements

• 6+ years overall engineering experience
• 4+ years hands-on proven track record implementing JavaScript/Typescript applications.
• 4+ years of experience using React to build complex frontend applications; Next.js experience is a plus.
• 4+ years of experience using Node.js or similar technology.
• A passion for delivering high-quality user experiences
• Strong business and technical judgment
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, iterative, Agile environment that relies on experimentation and A/B testing to validate direction
• Experience working with monorepositories for creating and maintaining reusable frontend and backend packages
• Proven ability to design, build, and maintain scalable APIs and distributed systems
• Experience with one or more Node.js web frameworks (Nest.js, Express, Hapi.js)
• Understanding of eventual consistency, message queuing (RabbitMQ, SNS/SQS), and event-driven architectures
• Strong sense of software design patterns, anti-patterns, and testing practices (TDD, BDD)
• Hands-on experience deploying, operating and monitoring applications on the cloud (AWS)
• Proficiency with containerization and orchestration (Docker; Kubernetes familiarity preferred)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (GitHub, Jenkins or similar)
• Experience working with various monitoring and alerting tools (New Relic, Cloudwatch, PagerDuty)
• Comfort working with modern AI-assisted development tooling (e.g., GitHub Copilot, AI agents, MCPs) and willing to adopt emerging workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Pair programming experience is a plus
• B.S. in Computer Science is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead a talented team of full-stack engineers
• Collaborate closely with distributed teams in the United States
• Foster a culture of quality and ownership
• Collaborate closely with your Engineering Manager, Product Managers and other engineering teams at all stages of product development and launch
• Work closely with business stakeholders to deliver value to internal users and business partners
• Act as a liaison between the development team and stakeholders
• Actively participate in the ideation and execution of product roadmap.
• Contribute to the development of codebase and infrastructure (Node, React, AWS)
• Lead and facilitate decision making during technical meetings
• Ensure the continuous improvement of engineering and product processes
• Leverage skills and experience to implement product features that are well architected, tested, and understandable.
• Promote best practices surrounding TDD, continuous integration, code standards, etc.
• Provide mentorship to all members of the team, coaching team members on their personal and career development.

Benefits

• We believe in a wide range of holistic offerings to support our employees so that they can live our values day in and day out. From mental wellbeing, physical health and financial planning, to engaging perks and discounts, we are in the business of celebrating and supporting the Moments that Matter, both in and out of the office.. We offer flexible vacation, generous parental leave, and prioritize initiatives that support the growth, development, and happiness of our people.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level