Lead Full-stack Engineer | Digital Product Studio
Remote (Portugal-based)
€50,000 – €70,000
Permanent
We're partnering with an award-winning digital product studio known for delivering beautifully crafted, human-centred digital products at scale. With a global presence and long-standing client relationships, they work across everything from early discovery through to large-scale product builds.
They're now looking for a Lead Full-stack Engineer to join their remote team (Portugal-based) and play a key role in shaping and delivering high-impact digital products.
The Role
This is a hands-on technical leadership role with a strong focus on full-stack web development, with occasional collaboration across mobile teams.
You'll:
Lead the technical direction across projects, ensuring scalable, secure and high-quality solutions
Work across the full stack — frontend, backend and cloud infrastructure
Partner with Product, Design and Delivery to balance quality, timelines and budgets
Engage directly with clients, shaping technical solutions and influencing decisions
Stay close to the code, acting as a senior technical authority
Mentor engineers and help elevate team capability and standards
What They're Looking For
Strong experience building modern full-stack applications (JS/TS/Node or similar)
Deep expertise in at least one modern frontend framework (React, Vue, Next.js)
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP), CI/CD and infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform)
Strong understanding of API design (REST/GraphQL), databases and system architecture
Experience delivering secure, scalable, high-performance applications
Comfortable leading technical discussions with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
Experience working in agile environments (Scrum/Kanban)
Why This Role?
Remote-first role (Portugal-based) with strong flexibility
Ownership of technical delivery and direction
Opportunity to work on complex, meaningful digital products
Collaborative, craft-focused engineering culture
If you're a hands-on Lead Engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and building impactful products, this is a great opportunity to step into a high-impact role.