API Lead / Engineering Manager

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