Senior Full Stack Developer (NodeJS / ReactJS / AWS) - Lead Developer

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Workplace: on_site

Employment Type: full

Description

Role Summary

The business team is looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer / Lead Developer with more than 7–8 years of experience in full stack application development. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on expertise in NodeJS, ReactJS and AWS, along with proven experience in daily client fronting, requirement gathering, independent client handling, solution design and technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a technical lead and primary point of contact for client-facing technical discussions.

• Work closely with clients to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.

• Independently handle client discussions, requirement clarification and technical solutioning.

• Align and communicate effectively across Backend, Frontend, Design and Product Development teams to ensure successful sprint delivery.

• Develop and contribute to solutioning and product design, ensuring technical feasibility and scalability.

• Plan and execute frontend-related development initiatives using ReactJS.

• Design, implement and maintain scalable backend systems using NodeJS.

• Design and develop cloud-based solutions using AWS services.

• Participate in architecture discussions, technical planning, estimation and implementation.

• Review code, troubleshoot complex issues and provide technical guidance to other developers.

• Ensure development activities follow engineering best practices, coding standards and sprint commitments.

Primary Skills

• Full Stack Development

• NodeJS

• ReactJS

• AWS

• AWS Lambda

• AWS DynamoDB

• AWS Cognito

Secondary Skills

• Solutioning and product design

• Client-facing communication and requirement gathering

• Technical architecture and solution design

• Agile / Scrum development and sprint planning

• Cross-functional collaboration with Product, Design, Frontend and Backend teams

Candidate Profile

• More than 7–8 years of relevant software development experience.

• Strong hands-on experience in NodeJS and ReactJS-based full stack development.

• Strong practical experience working with AWS, especially Lambda, DynamoDB and Cognito.

• Proven ability to work directly with clients and independently manage technical discussions.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and solution-design capabilities.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience leading technical discussions and coordinating with cross-functional engineering teams.