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Tech Lead (Full-Stack)

We are Topflight, a team of innovative product managers, founders, designers, and developers. Together our mission is to build products that help millions of lives, and we do that by tackling some of the biggest problems in healthcare and fintech.  Our company was founded in 2017 in Irvine, California, and each year since, we have roughly doubled, reaching the $4 million revenue mark last year and raising our first seed fund as well. Due to our expansions, we’re looking for a brilliant Tech Lead (FullStack) to join our family.

What’s in it for you:

100% remote: this is a WFH opportunity.

Flexible work schedule

Yearly annual appraisals and End of Year bonuses based on a mix of individual and company financial performance.

Flexible vacation and sick days

The key characteristics we're looking for are:

5 to 8 years of working experience in Mobile and Web Development.

5+ years of experience in MERN Stack development, including React Native.

Previous experience managing or leading a team.

Good knowledge of Node.js, Nest.js, React, and React Native.

A clear understanding of JavaScript, ECMAScript, and Typescript.

Good grasp of UI / UX concepts.

Excellent grasp of data structures and designing and developing ReST APIs.

Good skills in either RDBMS (e.g., MySQL or PostgreSQL) or NoSQL (MongoDB or equivalent).

Sound understanding of MVC and design patterns.

Projects You’ll Be Working On:

As an agency, you will be in charge of a variety of innovative projects aiming to push the limits in healthcare, fintech, edtech, crypto, and on-demand space.

Important to know:

Since we are fully remote and our team is across the globe, you are expected to interact with different teams and need to be flexible with different time zones. All our employees must overlap at a minimum between 7 AM and 11 AM Pacific Standard Time

All-New Joiners with Topflight Apps go through a one-month's Trial at the start of their employment journey; which requires working part-time. This is to ensure your onboarding goes smoothly and that both parties are aligned on future expectations.

Annual Salary:

Up to $72,000

Join Our Team

Developing front-end website architecture.

Your Responsibilities Include:

Work closely with Project Managers (PM) and Product Owners (PO) during the discovery phase.

Provide estimates by coordinating assignment requirements with PM, PO, and internal team.

Provide a technical support role for the Project Manager, coming up with alternative solutions, workarounds, and shortcuts (if needed) in case plan A doesn't work as anticipated.

Building up and leading a small team of developers with a startup mentality. This includes overseeing the recruitment of new hires and team management for the department.

Documenting software development processes and complying with best practices.

Work closely with Project Managers to check and provide the KPI metrics at the end of each sprint.

Candidates based outside the US won't be considered for this role.

Designing user interactions on web pages and mobile apps.

Should have experience in using Git & VSCode.

Sound understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Knowledge of AWS, Azure, CI / CD, Gitflow, and shell scripting will be considered positively.

Strong unit and functional testing and debugging skills.

This is a part-time role, requiring 15 - 20 hours of work a week. The annual Salary Range is based on 20 hours of work.

Manage the project's technical scope before, during, and after delivery.

Review code (code style, name convention, etc.), merge pull requests, commenting on possible bottlenecks introduced by team members.

Identify possible threats that may jeopardize the launch of the project.

Work closely with the rest of the technical team during the implementation phase.

Handle deployment communication with DevOps engineers.

Participate in client calls with project or account managers - after revising the agenda and outlining technical matters to be discussed over the call (if any).