Backend & Cloud Infrastructure Team Lead (Node.js / AWS)

Backend & Cloud Infrastructure Team Lead (Node.js / AWS)We are looking for a Backend & Cloud Infrastructure Team Lead (Node.js / AWS). You'll lead the team that owns Questar's AWS cloud infrastructure and the backend microservices running on it. Hands-on leadership: roughly 60% people management, 40% staying close to architecture. You're accountable for how our microservices are designed, deployed, scaled and kept alive in production.What You'll Do:Lead, mentor and grow a team of backend and infrastructure engineers: 1:1s, goals, performance reviews, career developmentOwn the architecture of the AWS environment and the microservices platform on it, from design through rolloutBreak large initiatives into workstreams, delegate ownership, hold the team to delivery commitments without micromanagingRun agile ceremonies (sprint planning, retros, grooming) and align roadmap and priorities with product and other engineering leadsSet and enforce engineering standards: code review, testing, observability, incident response, on-call rotationDrive cost, performance and reliability improvements across the platformTake part in hiring: interviewing, calibration, onboardingMust-Have:8+ years of industry experience5+ years as a people manager / team lead, leading engineering teams through full delivery cycles3+ years of production backend development in TypeScript / Node.js (APIs, services, background processing, data flows). Frontend or frontend-leaning full-stack does not countProven experience designing and leading AWS solutions at scale for distributed microservices — able to walk through a system you architected end to end and defend the trade-offsDeep hands-on knowledge of core AWS: ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS/EventBridge, API Gateway, VPC networking, IAMContainers and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes or ECSInfrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK or CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipeline ownershipProduction ownership: monitoring, alerting, on-call, post-incident reviewsStrong grounding in agile, and the judgment to know when to bend itExcellent written and spoken EnglishNice-to-Have:Kafka / event-driven architecture at scaleMulti-region or multi-account AWS setupsDatabase performance tuning at scale (Postgres, DynamoDB)Security and compliance exposure (SOC 2, ISO 27001)