Lead Full Stack Engineer - React JS & Node JS

Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Workplace: on_site

Description

Experience Required

10+ Years

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Postgraduate qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent industry experience).

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Lead Full Stack Engineer with strong expertise in React JS, Node JS, TypeScript, and modern enterprise application architecture.

The ideal candidate will lead the design and delivery of scalable, high-performance applications while driving technical decisions, mentoring engineering teams, and collaborating closely with business and technology stakeholders. The role requires strong ownership, leadership capability, stakeholder management, and the ability to work effectively in high-pressure delivery environments.

Experience in Banking, Financial Services, or Retail domains will be an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable enterprise-grade applications using React JS and Node JS.
• Drive technical architecture discussions and ensure alignment with enterprise engineering standards.
• Build responsive, reusable, secure, and high-performance frontend applications using React JS and TypeScript.
• Develop scalable RESTful APIs and backend services with strong focus on reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, Business teams, DevOps, QA, and Engineering leadership to drive successful project delivery.
• Lead code reviews, enforce coding standards, and ensure best engineering practices across teams.
• Mentor and guide developers on architecture, design patterns, debugging, optimisation, and modern engineering practices.
• Drive CI/CD implementation, automation strategies, and deployment optimisation.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and ensure platform stability and performance.
• Contribute to technical roadmap planning, engineering improvements, and technology evaluations.
• Ensure proper estimation, sprint planning, risk management, and technical delivery governance.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate technical solutions effectively to leadership teams.

Technical Skills

Frontend

• Strong hands-on experience in React JS, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Expertise in:
• React Hooks
• Context API / Redux
• Component lifecycle
• Responsive web application development
• Modern frontend architecture patterns
• Experience with:
• Tailwind CSS
• Styled Components
• Material UI
• CSS-in-JS techniques
• Familiarity with frontend build tools and package managers such as npm and yarn.
• Experience in frontend testing frameworks such as Jest, Enzyme, or Jasmine.

Backend

• Strong expertise in Node JS and scalable RESTful API development.
• Experience working with NoSQL databases and distributed backend systems.
• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming and non-blocking architecture.
• Experience implementing secure authentication and authorization mechanisms using JWT and OAuth.

DevOps & Cloud

• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with API Gateway integrations such as 3Scale.
• Familiarity with Kafka, AWS services, Azure services, or other messaging/event-driven platforms.
• Understanding of microservices and cloud-native application architecture.

Additional Skills

• Practical experience with GraphQL will be an added advantage.
• Exposure to Generative AI (GenAI) integrations or AI-driven application development using Node JS will be considered an added advantage.
• Strong understanding of system architecture including caching, proxies, APIs, databases, and distributed services.
• Experience with performance tuning, benchmarking, monitoring, and debugging enterprise applications.
• Knowledge of code quality and linting tools such as ESLint, TSLint, and Prettier.
• Experience documenting code and architecture using industry-standard practices.
• Strong understanding of modern ECMAScript and TypeScript standards.

Functional Competencies

• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, secure coding standards, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Experience driving technical decisions and engineering governance across teams.
• Ability to evaluate and benchmark modern technologies and frameworks.
• Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
• Ability to balance technical excellence with business delivery priorities.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence technical and business decisions across multiple teams.
• Proven leadership experience managing or mentoring engineering teams.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure in fast-paced enterprise delivery environments.
• Strong ownership mindset with excellent problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to manage priorities, risks, escalations, and delivery timelines effectively.
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills with exposure to senior leadership interactions.

Preferred Domain Experience

• Banking
• Financial Services
• Retail

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud-native architectures and enterprise-scale distributed systems.
• Exposure to event-driven architecture and microservices ecosystem.
• Understanding of AI/GenAI-based application integrations and modern engineering trends.