Lead Engineer

About the company: Editorialist is a luxury fashion e-commerce platform that stitches fashion and technology together to create the future of style discovery. With headquarters in the US and teams across the globe, we combine luxury retail with innovation, offering customers curated styling and a seamless digital journey. About the Role We are looking for a Lead Engineer to drive the development and delivery of key product features end-to-end. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on owning complex initiatives from idea to production , working with a hybrid team, shaping technical direction, and ensuring execution excellence. As a Lead Engineer, you will be hands-on in development while also providing technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance to the team. You’ll collaborate closely with product, design, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable systems and ensure timely, high-quality delivery. This role combines deep technical expertise with strong ownership and leadership , making you a core driver of our engineering culture and product success. Key Responsibilities End-to-End Ownership : Lead the planning, design, development, deployment, and monitoring of major product features and systems. Drive Architecture : Define system design and architectural choices with a focus on scalability, performance, and maintainability. Execution Leadership : Ensure projects are delivered on time with high quality, balancing trade-offs between speed and technical debt. Hands-On Development : Build and optimize full-stack applications using Next.js, React.js, Node.js, and MySQL. Mentorship & Guidance : Conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, and foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning. Performance & Reliability : Lead efforts to improve performance (TTFB, LCP, Lighthouse), reliability, and observability across the stack. Collaboration : Work with other dev teams, product managers, designers, and DevOps to align business goals with technical execution. Modern Practices : Champion CI/CD, testing, documentation, and AI-powered developer tools to enhance team productivity. Required Skills & Qualifications 6–10 years of professional experience in full-stack web development, with at least 2+ years in a managerial role and a proven track record of leading projects end-to-end — from technical scoping through deployment. Strong understanding of user interface/experience principles. Project & Release Management: Break down initiatives into tasks, assign responsibilities, manage release cycles, track progress against timelines, communicate updates proactively. Stakeholder Management: Effectively align technical execution with business priorities by managing expectations, communicating progress, and driving stakeholder buy-in. Team Management: Guide, mentor, and coordinate engineers by delegating tasks, resolving blockers, and fostering a culture of accountability and growth. Technical - Expertise in system design & performance optimization. Advanced proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), React.js, Next.js(SSR, routing, data fetching), and Node.js. Deep understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and distributed system patterns. Familiarity with AI-powered developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) for productivity and team workflows. Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to drive cross-functional initiatives. Preferred Qualifications Experience in developing/maintaining a scalable e-commerce application along with performance optimization at scale Familiarity with AWS stack (EC2, S3, RDS, etc.). What You’ll Get A high-ownership role where your leadership directly drives product outcomes. The autonomy to architect systems, make impactful technical decisions, and set standards for the team. Opportunity to work with a modern, performance-driven JavaScript stack. A chance to shape engineering culture in a fast-paced, high-impact startup environment. The satisfaction of building systems and features that scale globally. Other Benefits: Best in class Compensation package. Chance to work with a Global Team. Remote/Hybris working opportunity #J-18808-Ljbffr