Tech Lead-platform Architecture

Job descriptionTech Lead – Platform Architecture | MERN Stack + AWSLocation: RemoteExperience: 5+ yearsCompensation - 12lpa + ESOPs About EvalloEvallo is redefining education management through a comprehensive Saa S platform designed for tutors and tutoring businesses.
Our solution streamlines essential operations—from advanced CRM and profile management to standardized test prep, automatic grading, and real-time dashboards.
By enabling educators to focus on what they do best—teaching—we're pushing the boundaries of ed-tech and delivering the future of efficient, scalable learning systems.Why This Role MattersEvallo is evolving from a specialized tutoring platform into a modular operating system for all service businesses that bill by the hour.
As we expand our product offering to include integrated payroll, proposals, whiteboarding, and AI-powered tools, we are seeking a Tech Lead with strong architectural expertise in AWS and platform design.You will be instrumental in translating high-level product vision into a scalable, maintainable technical foundation.
Your leadership will ensure we remain stable with 5,000+ concurrent users and cost-efficient at 100,000+ total users—all while enabling rapid product evolution.Key Responsibilities: Solution Architecture & Technical DesignAnalyze and document the current platform architecture; identify bottlenecks and produce a formal Architecture Gap Report.Translate product epics into modular service contracts, data flow diagrams, and scalable system components.Decide and implement optimal architectural patterns (monolith vs.
microservices, REST vs.
event-driven, DB index vs.
cache).Drive scalable multi-tenant architecture for user/workspace models and complex permission systems.Platform Standards & Dev OpsDefine and enforce platform-wide standards, including naming conventions, code formatting rules, ADRs, and review checklists.Collaborate with Dev Ops to design high-availability infrastructure and auto-scaling environments on AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, Cloud Front, Cognito).Own CI/CD pipelines and schema migration strategies with an emphasis on zero-downtime deployments and one-click rollbacks.Monitor infrastructure spend and optimize for performance and cost; guide usage of serverless functions, queues, and caching layers.Observability & PerformanceLead the implementation of observability practices using Datadog, New Relic, Sentry, or Open Telemetry.Ensure platform metrics are monitored with 10% infrastructure cost waste and 5 false positive alerts per month.Design and execute load-testing scenarios replicating high-concurrency use cases.Team Mentorship & LeadershipMentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, architecture clinics, and pair programming sessions.Facilitate cross-team architecture reviews and ensure no major feature ships without architectural alignment.Balance hands-on development (80%) with leadership duties (20%)—reviewing designs, resolving technical debates, and maintaining engineering discipline.Requirements5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in an architecture or senior technical leadership role.Strong full-stack expertise with MERN stack (Mongo DB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js).Demonstrated success in designing multi-tenant architectures and scalable systems handling 1,000+ requests per minute.Advanced proficiency in AWS, including EC2, Lambda, RDS, IAM, Cloud Front, and Cognito.Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines).Experience working with observability stacks like Datadog, New Relic, or Open Telemetry.Excellent written and verbal communication skills; capable of summarizing trade-offs clearly for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Preferred QualificationsPrior experience with education platforms or Saa S tools for service businesses.Experience with event brokers such as Kafka, NATS, or Rabbit MQ.Deep knowledge of schema design, role-based access control, and data migration in No SQL environments.What We're Looking ForA leader with a builder's mindset—you thrive in early-stage environments and care deeply about long-term scalability.Someone who brings both hands-on technical depth and a strategic architectural perspective.An engineer who leads with clarity, communicates trade-offs effectively, and takes full ownership of outcomes.Send your resume and portfolio to hr@evallo.ai

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