[Remote] Lead Full Stack Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ZobeLab is an innovative music technology startup building a comprehensive platform that empowers independent artists, producers, labels, and music professionals through AI-driven tools, education, community, and career opportunities. The Lead Full Stack Engineer will own end-to-end technical delivery, including architecture, backend APIs, React web applications, React Native mobile experiences, infrastructure, and AI-driven features. The role also involves mentoring junior engineers, enforcing engineering standards, and guiding the platform’s expansion into EdTech, FinTech, MusicTech, and immersive technologies.

Responsibilities

• Full-Stack Architecture & Execution: Design, build, and maintain scalable micro-services and backend APIs using NestJS and TypeScript, backed by robust data stores
• Frontend Mastery & Optimization: Architect responsive web interfaces in React and cross-platform mobile applications in React Native. Relentlessly profile and optimize bundle sizes, render performance, memory footprints, and network payloads
• Technical Mentorship & Internship Oversight: Directly mentor, manage, and unblock 1–2 engineering interns. Design structured learning paths, conduct code reviews, and transform high-potential early-career talent into productive contributors
• Engineering Governance: Enforce automated testing, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and high standards of architectural documentation
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Design, and executive stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into elegant, maintainable technical roadmaps
• Own the full development lifecycle as we move from MVP to scalable platform
• Lead hands-on engineering tasks, coding, code reviews, and architecture decisions
• Translate product requirements into reliable and optimized builds
• Build and refine infrastructure for EdTech, FinTech, and MusicTech integrations
• Lead, enhance, develop, and train AI while also collaborating if necessary with AI consultants and product teams on AI-driven features
• Spearhead integration of Metaverse, Web3, VR/AR/XR or immersive features where appropriate
• Help recruit, lead, and grow the dev team as the platform expands
• Proactively solve technical challenges and propose innovative solutions
• Move fast, iterate faster — and elevate our execution standards with urgency

Skills

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead capacity
• Deep, production-grade expertise in JavaScript / TypeScript (ES6+, asynchronous patterns, memory management)
• Advanced backend proficiency with NestJS (dependency injection, modules, guards, interceptors, microservices architecture)
• Extensive frontend experience building complex state-driven applications using React and React Native (iOS/Android)
• Demonstrated track record in frontend optimization (profiling re-renders, virtualization of long lists, image caching, offline-first synchronization, and bridging native modules)
• Proven experience in mentoring junior engineers or interns, establishing code review culture, and delegating scoped technical tasks effectively
• Solid grounding in containerization (Docker), cloud deployments, and modern CI/CD workflows
• Hands on experience building a direct to consumer AI product
• Experience in software integration and API development
• Demonstrated expertise in pushing applications to app stores (iOS and Android)
• Have experience or be willing to learn as much about MusicTech, AI, FinTech, Metaverse, EdTech, NFTs, Crypto, and stay updated on future technology or development of new technologies
• Comfort with startup environments and flexible, evolving roadmaps
• Availability and willingness to commit time and energy as a core part of a growing startup team
• Strong sense of accountability and ownership
• We need someone ambitious, hungry to build, willing to •lead by doing•, and ready to contribute creatively as much as technically
• You must be execution-focused and comfortable with ambiguity, rapid iteration, & bringing clarity to chaos
• Nice to have hands on experience with python/FastAPI
• Experience with platforms serving independent artists or creatives
• Familiarity with music distribution APIs, learning management systems, or token-based ecosystems
• Interest in building for global communities & creator economies
• Past role in a startup from MVP to launch & growth phase
• Strong AI/ML understanding or experience with integrating AI into platforms
• Past experience building or contributing to platforms in MusicTech, EdTech, FinTech, or Metaverse spaces

Benefits

• Equity-only opportunity until investor funding is secured, with a 4-year vesting and 1-year cliff vesting schedule for equity
• Opportunity to transition into a full-time salary role upon funding being secured for the startup
• Fractional or part-time work arrangement
• Fully remote opportunity (virtual/telework)

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