Backend Team Lead (Node.js)

Sofia Stars is an operational services company based in Sofia. We offer a range of solutions for online businesses, including R&D, Marketing, Customer Support, KYC, Risk, and Anti-Fraud services. With 300+ bright stars on our team, we deliver secure, reliable solutions with a touch of quality that shines. When you join us, you’ll be part of a place where ideas light up, and growth isn’t just a promise—it’s a journey.

Responsibilities:

• Being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes;
• Hiring and training technical personnel;
• Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team;
• Delegating tasks and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals;
• Liaising with team members and management to ensure projects are completed to standard;
• Motivating staff and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns;
• Delegating work and assignments to team members;
• Collaborating with their team to identify and fix technical problems;
• At least upper -Intermediate lvl of English;
• In-house platform development;
• 3rd party API integrations;
• Actively participate in developing new features from scratch.

• Official employment and full medical insurance (including in-patient and out-patient care, maternity, dental, and annual health check-ups);
• Competitive salary and attractive bonus scheme;
• Working in a dynamic International company;
• Birthday celebration present;
• Ability for career and professional growth within the company;
• Sportscard (Multisport) – partly covered & team-building events and activities;
• Sunny, spacious office;
• Wedding and newborn gifts;
• Breakfast, food vouchers, fruits, and snacks available in the office;

Why Sofia Stars?

• Competitive salary;
• Monthly food vouchers (200 BGN);
• Official employment & Full medical insurance (including in-patient and out-patient care, maternity, dental, and annual health check-ups);
• Working in a dynamic International company;
• Up to 25 paid leave days;
• Six additional days of undocumented sick leaves;
• Birthday, wedding and newborn gifts;
• Multisport card;
• Team-building events and activities;
• Sunny, spacious office;
• Food vouchers, breakfast, fruits, and snacks available in the office;
• Ability for career and professional growth within the company;

• At least 7+ years of experience, 2+ years in leadership;
• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills;
• Strong leadership and organizational abilities;
• Knowledge of JavaScript and the ECMAScript 6 standards;
• 3+ years of commercial experience with Node.js;
• 5+ years of commercial experience in web development;
• Commercial experience of working with DB;
• Commercial experience of implementing the REST and WebSockets;
• Experience of GIT version control system;
• Experience with databases MySQL;
• Experience with RabbitMQ;
• Experience with Redis.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with TypeScript.