# Lead Software Engineer at Monks

- Company: Monks
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Costa Rica
- Level: Lead
- Discipline: Engineering
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-11-13
- Skills: Staff Augmentation (Tech)
- Apply: https://www.monks.com/careers/6256145004/job?gh_jid=6256145004

## Description

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 Title: Lead Software Engineer
 Job Family/Job Family Group: Engineering
 Job Level: Lead
 About the Role 
 As a Lead Software Engineer , you’ll drive the day-to-day technical direction and hands-on engineering for core platform services supporting a leading pharmaceutical rewards platform . We are looking for someone who is passionate about seeking new opportunities to create impactful work, highly proactive, collaborative, and capable of functioning as a technical pillar of knowledge for the team without people-management duties. 
 Responsibilities: 
• Design, implement, review, and troubleshoot backend services using TypeScript and Node.js. 
• Build and maintain robust distributed APIs using REST, GraphQL, and gRPC. 
• Lead technical execution across the core platform team, acting as a go-to architectural reference. 
• Optimize and manage database schemas and queries using PostgreSQL. 
• Implement and manage cloud infrastructure using AWS or GCP platforms, Kubernetes, and Terraform. 
• Translate complex business, se

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