Lead Software Engineer

Vimly Benefit Solutions

Lead Software Engineer at Vimly managing backend modernization using serverless Node.js on AWS. Collaborate with AI agents to ensure quality code and system integrity.

Posted 6/14/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDynamoDBETLJavaScriptNode.jsSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead architectural design and technical strategy for major components of the legacy-to-serverless migration.
Direct AI agents to produce production-quality Node.js / TypeScript code - framing the work, reviewing the output rigorously, and owning the result. You hold the bar for correctness and maintainability.
Conduct deep analysis of existing systems to inform migration scope, sequencing, and risk -and verify that AI-assisted analysis is accurate before decisions are made on it.
Define data migration strategies - schema design, ETL patterns, data validation - for SQL workloads moving to modern storage solutions.
Build and maintain robust APIs, event-driven workflows (SQS, EventBridge, SNS), and integrations with external partners.
Drive technical excellence across the team: establish coding standards (for humans and AI alike), conduct design reviews, and champion automated testing.
Mentor and upskill Senior and Mid-level engineers -including how to work effectively with AI -and provide actionable feedback.
Collaborate with product, design, and QA to make sure what we deliver actually solves the business problem, with minimal disruption to production.
Support and triage production issues across legacy and new platforms during the transition period.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a staff-level or principal/lead role.
Deep SQL expertise - query optimization, execution plans, indexing strategies, partitioning, and complex schema design.
Strong backend development in Node.js and TypeScript; comfort with modern async patterns, dependency injection, and testing.
Proven experience leading legacy system modernization -you can articulate migration strategies, tradeoffs, and rollback plans.
Experience with serverless architecture on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, DynamoDB, RDS) or equivalent major cloud.
Track record of influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team.
Enthusiasm for AI-assisted development -you see AI as a force multiplier for your experience and have the judgment to direct it well.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary benchmarked to India senior-tech market rates, with annual performance bonus eligibility.
Fully remote role with flexible working hours and overlap with US Pacific Time.
Meaningful, high-impact work on a large-scale modernization program - and a front-row seat to AI-first engineering done well.
A collaborative, low-politics engineering culture with direct access to US engineering leadership.
Professional development budget and learning resources

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Hard Skills & Tools

Node.jsTypeScriptSQLETLAPI developmentevent-driven workflowsschema designquery optimizationdependency injectionautomated testing

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcollaborationtechnical excellenceproblem-solvingcommunicationfeedbackinfluencinganalysisstrategic thinking