Head of Engineering (Full-Stack TypeScript)

Hays Hong Kong
Full time Permanent On-site Competitive

About the job

Your new company

Your new company is a well-established family office seeking CTO experience in Typescript in large application codebases.

Your new role
  • Own and evolve a large TypeScript mono repo across backend, frontend, shared services, and internal tools.
  • Deliver product enhancements for internal and external-facing applications
  • Maintain and improve APIs, background workers, integrations, and operational tooling
  • Work across React, Next.js, and domain-specific frontend workflows
  • Support production systems across cloud infrastructure, deployments, and monitoring
  • Drive ongoing improvements in developer experience, documentation, and system reliability
  • Contribute to AI-enabled workflows, automation, and internal tools

What you'll need to succeed
  • Strong experience with TypeScript in large-scale applications
  • Proficiency across Node.js (Express) and React / Next.js
  • Solid production experience with cloud environments (AWS), databases, logging, and deployments
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes and distributed systems debugging
  • Ability to work with complex, domain-heavy systems and ship safe, incremental improvements

What you need to do now

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