Lead Full Stack Engineer

Join an Innovative Growth Team as Lead Engineer 

Fresh Prints is an NYC-based custom apparel startup. We find incredible students and give them training and support to build the business at their schools. We have 400+ students who will do $40+ million in sales over the next 12 months. 

What can we create through tech? How do we develop additional revenue channels? Increase operational efficiency? How do we usher in the next stage at Fresh Prints? These are the questions our cross-functional Growth Team members work on every day. They are determined to drive the business forward. 

You’d be one of our Lead engineers on the Growth Team, who is well-versed in developing and delivering business applications. You’ll work with our PMs, Quality engineers, and designers to understand our business requirements, develop solutions, and ensure we deploy high-performance and scalable products. As such, you’ll touch every component of software development. 

As Fresh Prints grows, you will too. With time, you will be given the space and guidance to have a tremendous impact on the company's future. For the right person, this role offers an uncapped opportunity. 

Responsibilities 

• Guide our team of front-end developers and back-end developers. Be a great Leader, invested in developing people on the team. 
• Develop highly responsive User interfaces using angular and other front-end technologies.
• Developing backend APIs that are scalable using frameworks on NodeJS.
• Work with MySQL and other databases
• Write and maintain unit tests for the applications
• Ensuring that Application performance metrics meet the standards.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product 
• Ensure that solutions are meeting both technical and consumer needs 
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages. 
• Monitor reliability and performance of internal systems to prevent issues
•  Working knowledge of the latest versions of Angular and Node JS. 
• Perform code reviews and give feedback.
• Coordinate with our PMs, Design team, Exec team, and any product stakeholders 
• Should be able to understand the business and has the vision to grow and rally people behind the vision

Must-Have Skills: 

• Full-stack developer with 5+ years of experience 
• 2+ years of experience in leading a team
• We would like to hire people with hands-on experience working with React/Angular, Node JS, and MySQL. 
• Strong understanding of Express Framework 
• Hands-on experience in working with  web services, databases, and web  frameworks 
• Hands-on with AWS, CI/CD, Docker, GIT 
• Strong working knowledge of Javascript, CSS, HTML 
• Able to guide our team of junior developers 
• Knowledge of Agile and SCRUM 
• Working on complex UI and Code Reviews 
• Decision-making on approach and Architecture 
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. 
• Strong organizational and time management skills. 

The Best Candidate: 

• Is passionate about making a world-class software organization. 
• Has experience working on large-scale distributed platforms either as part of a team or must have managed a team building them. 
• Enjoys a fast-paced environment, working with a highly-talented team and shifting priorities. 
• Has excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. 
• Is great at making data-driven decisions; should use appropriate metrics and report using them in Executive/senior leadership meetings. 
• Is comfortable designing and implementing new processes (or) modifying existing processes internally to improve the team's efficiency. 
• Can build strong relationships with stakeholders and key partners for the program. 
• Has strong business and technical vision. 
• Can stay abstract or detail-oriented as the situation demands. 
• Has demonstrated the ability to think big, bring new ideas, and build teams & infrastructure for the future. 
• Learns quickly; must know when to listen and when to take charge. 

Compensation & Benefits 

• Competitive salary 
• Health insurance 
• The opportunity to learn a lot rapidly 
• Working with a talented and engaged team dedicated to building a business together.

Job Location 

•  This is 100% remote work.

Working Hours 

• 1:30 PM IST - 11:30 PM IST

Fresh Prints is an equal employment opportunity employer and promotes diversity, actively encouraging people of all backgrounds, ages, LGBTQ+, and those with disabilities to apply.