API Lead / Engineering Manager

About this role

ABOUT DEVSAVANT

DevSavant is an operating partner for startups and growth-stage companies, helping them turn ambition into execution.

We support founders and leadership teams with product engineering and global staffing, from early prototypes and MVPs to scaling high-performing teams. Our vetted talent across LATAM and Asia embeds directly into client teams, operating as true extensions rather than external vendors.

With over 8 years working in venture-backed ecosystems, DevSavant is trusted to accelerate delivery, scale teams efficiently, and support companies as they reach their next milestone.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Devsavant is seeking an API Lead / Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for a real-time, map-based emergency response platform. This is a hands-on leadership position combining technical ownership of the platform's architecture with day-to-day management of a small, focused engineering team.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Manage and guide a team of engineers delivering a real-time, map-based emergency response platform

- Read and interpret product documentation and requirements, translating them into clear, actionable technical tickets

- Serve as a technical reference for the project and help shape product requirements alongside stakeholders

- Own the integration between the backend API and the React frontend

- Drive architecture decisions across a serverless stack: AWS Lambda, SQS, S3, and related services

- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- Proven experience managing engineering teams, ideally in a hands-on, individual-contributor-adjacent capacity

- Strong TypeScript and Node.js

- Experience with serverless infrastructure-as-code frameworks (SST and Pulumi) and AWS Lambda

- Familiarity with React, sufficient to manage frontend/backend integration effectively

- Comfort owning architecture decisions and translating product requirements into technical execution

- Experience managing a team of approximately 3 engineers

NICE TO HAVE

- Experience with SOC 2 compliance frameworks (the project is working toward TX-RAMP certification)

LOGISTICS

- Location/hours: Remote, with working hours overlapping the US Central Time zone (Texas)

- Timeline: Immediate need