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Lead Engineer

Endless Studios

leadpermanentengineering-managementfullstack New York, NY 4 days ago via LinkedIn

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Tags

Node.jsNuxtVue.jsGraphQLApolloJavaScriptTypeScriptEngineering LeadershipAgileDistributed Teams

About the role

Role Overview

Endless Studios is seeking a Lead Engineer to own the technical direction and day-to-day engineering operations of its web platform. This is a hands-on leadership role combining full-stack technical ownership with team and delivery management.

Responsibilities

Technical leadership

  • Drive architecture decisions and participate actively in engineering across a full-stack codebase
  • Set and enforce code standards; ensure high-quality output
  • Lead engineering practices such as code review, QA, monitoring, and smart use of AI tools to keep the team moving fast

People & delivery leadership

  • Run the team’s Agile processes: standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and issue triage
  • Serve as the primary point of contact between engineering and the rest of the organization
  • Collaborate with Product on roadmap priorities and validate work-in-progress against product intentions
  • Translate product requirements into actionable engineering work

Requirements

  • 8+ years software development experience
  • 2+ years engineering team management experience
  • 1+ years experience using AI technologies in a professional context
  • Strong web development expertise across JavaScript/TypeScript, able to work across frontend, backend, and databases
  • Ability to solve complex engineering problems and drive fast, high-quality delivery
  • Strong communication and organization; ensure requests/questions are addressed and key information is documented
  • Experience working with distributed teams across different cultures

Preferred

  • Experience improving team practices/processes in a fast-paced environment
  • Technical mentorship experience
  • Experience building teams that scaled or transitioned to other organizations

Tech Stack

  • Node.js
  • Nuxt/Vue
  • Apollo / GraphQL

About Endless Studios

Endless Studios is a global youth game-making studio and learning community focused on helping learners progress from playing to creating. It builds a web platform and runs community-led game projects with industry mentors and peers, working with schools, universities, studios, and partners to make gamemaking and job-ready skills accessible worldwide.

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