Staff Engineer
Pixelmatters
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Porto • Portugal
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Salary
💰 €53,426 - €61,126 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Architect and guide the development of scalable, high-performance digital products.
- Design and evolve robust full-stack architectures using NestJS and React, deployed on top of AWS.
- Play a key role in shaping technical decisions and guiding architectural discussions.
- Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and maintainable.
- Support teams in tackling complex technical challenges and help establish best practices.
- Involved in all stages of product development, from front-end architecture to deployment workflows.
- Provide technical guidance, mentoring engineers, and ensure long-term architectural consistency.
Requirements
- At least 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with strong experience as a Full-Stack Engineer.
- Proven expertise with NestJS and React, or similar JavaScript-based frameworks, with the ability to lead architectural decisions across front-end and back-end systems.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and engineering best practices.
- Solid experience designing and building RESTful APIs.
- Advanced database knowledge, including schema design, performance optimization, indexing strategies, and data integrity practices (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis).
- Experience optimizing data flow across the stack, including API design, caching strategies, and front-end rendering performance.
- Good knowledge of front-end architecture patterns, state management, performance optimization, and component-driven development in React.
- Proficiency with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing across both front-end and back-end.
- Strong experience with Git workflows and collaborative development in multi-branch environments.
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.
- Experience designing and implementing scalable architectures in cloud environments, particularly AWS.
- Ability to mentor junior and mid-level engineers, provide in-depth code reviews, and elevate overall engineering standards.
- Excellent understanding of English and Portuguese (written and spoken).
Benefits
- Quality-driven, inspiring, and collaborative work environment.
- Competitive salary and benefits, including health insurance.
- We have a brand new office located at Porto’s downtown while continuing to back our “Remote as default, Office as an option” policy.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
NestJSReactRESTful APIsPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBRedisCI/CD pipelinesunit testingintegration testing
Soft Skills
mentoringtechnical guidancearchitectural decision-makingproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationcode reviewsleadershipbest practices establishmentperformance optimization