Lead (NodeJS/Typescript/React) Engineer - AA, Remote: Colombia - Costa Rica, Fulltime.

Confidential

Not specified permanent

Posted: February 20, 2026

Required Skills

Job Description

Lead Full-Stack Engineer (Backend-Focused)

Gorilla Logic is seeking a Lead Full-Stack Engineer with a strong backend focus to join a product- oriented engineering team building and evolving a modern, cloud-based enterprise platform.
This is a hands-on Technical Leadership role. You will drive backend architecture, enforce high engineering standards, and influence long-term platform evolution. While frontend contributions are required, backend development, system design, and cross-functional leadership are the primary focus.
We are looking for a product-minded technical leader who demonstrates sound judgment, structured decision-making, and the ability to clearly articulate trade-offs across engineering and product stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of backend services using Node.js (Express preferred) and TypeScript.

Own complex features end-to-end within a long-lived product environment.

Define and promote clean architecture principles, modular boundaries, and maintainable naming conventions.

Drive API design standards including versioning, backward compatibility, and integration reliability.

Guide relational data modeling decisions (Postgres/MySQL/Oracle) with performance awareness.

Contribute to the React application to deliver full end-to-end features.

Lead architectural discussions and clearly articulate technical trade-offs.

Promote resilient unit testing and disciplined TypeScript practices.

Partner with Product Managers to define scope, negotiate trade-offs, and set realistic delivery commitments.

Mentor engineers and elevate overall engineering standards.

Contribute to a remote-first, collaborative engineering culture.

Required Qualifications

7+ years building production-quality software (6+ acceptable with strong leadership signals).

Experience in long-term product environments (not only short-term project work).

Strong Node.js backend expertise (Express preferred).

Excellent API design and modular architecture skills.

Strong relational database experience (Postgres, MySQL, or Oracle).

Experience integrating third-party systems (REST/JSON; comfortable with XML).

Strong TypeScript proficiency with strict typing discipline.

Solid unit testing habits and experience with test-first approaches.

Solid React experience and ability to deliver full-stack features.

Strong system design skills and ability to articulate trade-offs clearly.

Excellent communication skills in remote collaboration environments.

Nice to Have

Experience with Temporal or similar workflow/orchestration engines.

Experience with Kafka or event-driven architecture patterns.

Hands-on AWS experience in production environments.

Familiarity with observability (logs, metrics, traces) and incident response mindset.

Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

Experience with MUI, React Hook Form, Redux Toolkit Query, Suspense, Storybook.

Experience with dynamic forms or large modular React applications.

Familiarity with Jest or Vitest and UI testing practices.

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