Lead Software Engineer (FinTech)

ob Overview
We are looking for an exceptional Lead Software Engineer to drive the engineering vision and technical execution of large-scale, business-critical fintech platforms that power payment subscription management, integrated payment operations, customer relationship management, and sales workflows. In this role, you will work closely with international teams and partner with product, design, and operations stakeholders to deliver robust, secure, and high-performance financial technology solutions. You will be hands-on with both backend and frontend architecture, ensuring mission-critical reliability, financial-grade security, and high delivery quality across the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and evolution of a full-stack web platform utilizing modern frontend and backend technologies.
• Own architectural decisions across application, data, and integration layers, balancing long-term maintainability with shipping velocity.
• Drive code quality through reviews, standards, automated testing, and developer tooling; raise the bar for the entire engineering team.
• Work closely with international teams and understand business processes to drive feature development.
• Partner with product, design, QA, and operations stakeholders to translate business goals into well-scoped technical roadmaps.
• Design and optimize relational database schemas, queries, and data access patterns to support transactional and reporting workloads at scale.
• Architect, scale, and maintain secure integrations with payment method providers, payment gateways, and third-party financial data providers.
• Ensure high-availability transactional workflows, real-time ledger consistency, data security, and auditability for financial operations.
• Identify and resolve performance, scalability, reliability, and security bottlenecks across the stack.
• Lead deployment, CI/CD, and operational practices on cloud infrastructure, working closely with DevOps to ensure smooth releases and incident response.
• Champion the responsible adoption of AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and delivery quality.

Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on building and operating production web applications.
• 3+ years of senior-level experience in fintech software development or financial technology systems.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams, owning architecture, and delivering complex full-stack systems end to end.
• Deep proficiency in modern backend languages — TypeScript+NodeJS or SpringBoot+Java/Kotlin.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks, specifically Vue.js and Nuxt.
• Expert-level SQL knowledge with hands-on experience in MySQL and/or MariaDB, including schema design, indexing, query optimization, and migration strategies.
• Strong grasp of HTTP, REST API design, authentication/authorization patterns, and web security fundamentals (OWASP Top 10).
• Strong expertise in fintech applications, including payment gateway integrations, ISO payment processing standards, or banking/lending compliance requirements.
• Solid experience with encryption, sensitive data handling (PII/PCI-DSS), tokenization, and regulatory security standards in financial software.
• Working knowledge of AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM) and Linux-based production environments.
• Hands-on experience with Git, code review workflows, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions).
• Proficiency with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience utilizing modern AI coding tools, such as Claude Code, to enhance development workflows.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, technical judgment, and attention to detail.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills.

Bonus Skills

• Hands-on experience with payment processing systems, automated reconciliation processes, or core banking/ledger engines.
• Familiarity with US fintech compliance landscapes, banking regulations, and regtech tooling.
• Familiarity with PDF generation, spreadsheet processing, and document workflows.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, observability tooling, and incident management practices.
• Familiarity with Agile development processes and lightweight delivery frameworks.