Tech Lead (Node.js and API), Irving, TX

Tech Lead (Node.js and API), Irving, TX

The Role

Digital API team is looking for a hands-on Tech Lead with deep Node.js / TypeScript expertise to design and deliver domain-driven microservices for customer-facing digital experiences. You ll own greenfield builds from zero-to-production, lead engineers by example (coding ~70% of the time), and drive cross-team triage while keeping leadership proactively informed.

What You ll Do

• Design & build domain-driven, event-aware microservices in Node.js / TypeScript (Express / Fastify / NestJS) with clean, testable code.
• Architect greenfield systems : service boundaries, data models, REST APIs, event streams, CI / CD, observability, and runtime topology.
• Set API standards : versioning, OpenAPI / Swagger, pagination, error contracts, resiliency patterns (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers).
• Own production readiness : SLOs, dashboards, alerting, runbooks; lead incident triage / bridge calls and drive blameless RCAs.
• Collaborate across teams (web, mobile, data, security, ops) to unblock work, sequence dependencies, and land integrated releases.
• Communicate proactively with leadership : crisp status, risk / mitigation, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
• Raise the bar : code reviews, engineering best practices, mentoring, pair programming, tech talks, and documentation.
• Think two steps ahead : anticipate edge cases, scaling, operability, and cost; recommend pragmatic sequencing and trade-offs.

Tech Stack You ll Work With

What You ll Bring