Product Lead Engineer

Role Summary

Product Lead Engineer to manage and drive the technical vision for the web front-end interface of cloud hosting solutions. This role combines product ownership with hands-on technical leadership, requiring strategic roadmap planning and deep technical expertise across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Responsibilities

• Define Engineering and Technology architecture, roadmap, and technical decisions for the product in coordination with the Product Owner.
• Define and prioritize the product roadmap based on stakeholder needs and business value.
• Manage JIRA backlog following CLOUDx team guidelines.
• Gather requirements from cloud operations teams, security, compliance, and end users.
• Create user stories with clear acceptance criteria and technical specifications.
• Balance feature development with technical debt and maintenance needs.
• Coordinate releases across development, QA, and production environments.
• Serve as primary point of contact between development team and business stakeholders.
• Make go/no-go decisions for production deployments.
• Track and communicate product metrics, KPIs, and adoption rates.

• Work with squads to solve technical challenges, providing hands-on coding while supporting design/code reviews and enabling enablers.
• Architect and implement features for the React frontend application.
• Design and maintain AWS AppSync GraphQL API schema and resolvers.
• Lead code reviews and ensure code quality standards.
• Mentor development team on React, TypeScript, GraphQL, REST, and AWS best practices.
• Make architectural decisions balancing performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement solutions.
• Optimize application performance and user experience.
• Establish and enforce coding standards and development workflows.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Oversee security implementations including MSAL authentication and RBAC.
• Troubleshoot and respond to level-3 escalations for production incidents.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software development experience.
• 3+ years React/frontend development experience.
• 3+ years AWS cloud services experience.
• 2+ years GraphQL API development.
• 2+ years product ownership or technical leadership experience.
• Proven track record delivering complex web applications in enterprise environments.
• Experience with multi-environment deployment strategies (dev/qa/prod).
• Background in regulated industries is preferred (e.g., healthcare, pharmaceutical, or Finance).

• Strong product mindset with ability to balance technical and business needs.
• Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong decision-making and prioritization skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently and drive initiatives.
• Collaborative team player who can mentor junior developers.
• Problem-solving aptitude and analytical thinking.

Skills

• Frontend Development: React (18+), TypeScript, Material-UI, Apollo Client, Vite, ES6+, React Router, React Context API, responsive design.
• Backend/API Development: AWS AppSync GraphQL, GraphQL schema/resolvers, AWS Lambda (Python 3.12+), AWS Amplify, RESTful APIs, OAuth2/IAM.
• AWS Services: AppSync, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, CloudFront, API Gateway, Amplify, Parameter Store/Secrets Manager.
• Testing & Quality: Vitest, React Testing Library, Robot Framework, Playwright, MSW, test coverage, CI/CD testing.
• DevOps & Tooling: Jenkins, Git workflows, Docker, environment config management, version control, SonarQube, npm.