Full Stack Team Leader

Prisma Photonics, a fast growing start up, transforms infrastructure monitoring by leveraging optical fibers to monitor critical, large-scale systems like power grids and oil & gas pipelines across thousands of kilometers without the need for traditional sensors.

Our Hyper-Scan Fiber-Sensing™ technology, combined with advanced machine learning, empowers utility operators to achieve environmental and renewable energy goals while maintaining operational excellence on their path to net-zero emissions.

Founded in 2017, with offices in the U.S., Europe, and Israel (HQ), Prisma Photonics is led by an expert team with a proven track record in building and scaling successful companies within the lasers and deep-tech sectors.

We are seeking a talented, self-driven and passionate Full Stack Team Leader to join our R&D team and take a leading role in shaping the future of our main customer facing scalable web application. The application is implemented using React (frontend) and Node.js (backend), is containerized and deployed on various Kubernetes platforms, on-prem and on managed cloud clusters (EKS).

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, hands-on environment, enjoys working across disciplines and wants to see their work go from concept to impact in the real world often, and quickly.

What you'll do:

• Own the web application product end to end, directly impacting Prisma Photonics customers.
• Lead and mentor our SaaS team of 4 developers (local and remote) on all aspects of development - with strong control of both backend and frontend domains.
• Own the complete team development cycle, including testing and CI/CD, promoting engineering excellence through code reviews, technical leadership, team ceremonies, knowledge sharing and mentoring.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Infra, Edge, ML, Product) to align engineering with business and product goals.
• Manage complex release, versioning and deployment processes for both on-prem and cloud environments.
• Manage external UX/UI design partners. and outsourcing projects.
• Balance hands-on coding with leadership and management responsibilities.

What you bring:

• 5 years experience in SaaS design and execution.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in leadership/management of e2e projects and team.
• Proven hands-on experience with JS/TS, Node.js (BE), React (FE) and SQL Databases. Other frameworks - an advantage.
• Solid understanding of backend architecture, micro-services, and system design.
• Experience with automation and modern deployment practices, including Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms (AWS - advantage).
• Experience working with Design/CX SW (Figma) for prototyping and feature development.
• Previous experience in a fast-paced startup environment, where adaptability and hands-on execution are key.
• Strong sense of ownership and ability to lead cross team processes in the company.

Nice to have:

• Experience with various JS frameworks and other programming languages
• Experience going through security certification processes with SaaS apps and infrastructure; Soc2, NIST, CIP.
• Hand on designing and implementing complex systems with micro-services backends and external integrations (external apis, notification/alerting services, SSO, IdP providers, etc).
• Experience developing GIS/Map based applications.
• Strong experience maintaining SW solutions in production - including developing & consuming monitoring, logging, alerting tools and reacting to production issues.