Lead Engineer (Typescript, GraphQL)

Technology: Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, AWS

Lead Engineer

Omnichannel API Platform (GraphQL)

Location: Vietnam, hybrid working

Role overview

We are seeking a Lead Engineer to provide technical leadership for an omnichannel API platform supporting a large Australian retailer. This platform plays a critical role in enabling consistent digital experiences across web, mobile, and in-store channels.

The role combines expert-level Node.js and TypeScript engineering with architectural ownership, technical decision-making, the management of advanced AWS infrastructure and team leadership.

Key responsibilities

- Own the technical direction and evolution of the GraphQL-based omnichannel API platform

- Define and enforce API standards, schema governance, and engineering best practices in a Node.js/TypeScript environment

- Define and manage cloud resources using AWS CDK (TypeScript), ensuring infrastructure is versioned and scalable

- Remain hands-on, contributing to key parts of the codebase and infrastructure-as-code

- Lead technical design discussions and guide solution approaches across teams

- Manage technical risks, dependencies, and non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, and security

- Mentor and support engineers, helping grow capability within the team

- Collaborate effectively with hybrid teams across Vietnam and Australia

Required experience and skills

- Extensive experience designing and delivering large-scale backend or API platforms

- Expert proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript, with a deep understanding of asynchronous programming and type safety

- Advanced proficiency in AWS CDK; ability to define and manage complex infrastructure (ECS, Fargate, VPC, ALB) via code

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably on AWS (CodeBuild, CodePipeline)

- Strong background in backend engineering and distributed system design

- Experience acting as a technical lead or engineering lead on complex platforms

- Ability to balance hands-on delivery with longer-term architectural thinking

- Strong communication skills, able to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have

- Experience delivering eCommerce or omnichannel retail platforms at scale

- Experience working in enterprise or highly integrated environments

- Exposure to modern DevOps practices