keleya digital-health solutions

Technical Lead – Backend, Node.js, TypeScript

keleya digital-health solutions

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Berlin • Germany

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudJavaScriptNode.jsTerraformTypeScript

About the role

  • Own and evolve backend & cloud architecture – Design, build, and operate scalable, reliable backend systems using Node.js/TypeScript on AWS, ensuring best practices across infrastructure, security, and performance
  • Lead infrastructure automation and delivery excellence – Drive the transition to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) to enable fast, safe, and repeatable deployments
  • Provide technical leadership and cross-functional guidance – Mentor backend engineers, uphold high code quality standards, and clearly communicate architectural trade-offs to product, frontend, and non-technical stakeholders
  • Success in the first 6 months looks like: Infrastructure Health & Optimization: Conduct a comprehensive audit of our AWS environment to identify opportunities for scalability, cost-efficiency, and security improvements
  • Modernization: Creation of a roadmap to migrate core infrastructure to a manageable 'Infrastructure as Code' stack
  • Delivery & Mentorship: actively leading the technical delivery of key product features while mentoring the backend team on code quality

Requirements

  • Proficiency with managing core services (VPC, RDS, ECS, S3) following industry best practices
  • Proven experience with tools like Terraform to lead our transition from manual setup to automated, reproducible infrastructure
  • Deep experience designing reliable, scalable applications using TypeScript and Node.js
  • Experience optimizing build and deploy pipelines (specifically GitHub Actions)
  • Ability to explain complex architectural trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders clearly
Benefits
  • Opportunity to work on meaningful digital health solutions impacting lives globally
  • Flexible working arrangements and a supportive team environment
  • Professional growth opportunities through learning and mentorship programs
  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Hybrid work model from home and at our office in Berlin-Mitte
  • 3 months remote work from anywhere in the world per year
  • 30 vacation days
  • Urban sports club membership
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Hard Skills & Tools
Node.jsTypeScriptAWSTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsVPCRDSECSS3
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentorshipcommunicationcross-functional guidancecode quality standards