Engineering Lead

Position:
Lead Engineering

Company:
Serie B - Fintech Company

Compensation:
$67K – $78K • 100 USD in app benefits, Insurance Policy, 15 PTO

Location:
Remote; Argentina; Uruguay

Employment type:
Full time

Work Arrangement:
Remote

Short Summary:
This is a BNPL platform that pursues a mission to give Venezuelans back the opportunity to access credit. Since our launch in 2022, we've been dedicated to promoting financial inclusion. Today we have more than 9 million active users, both consumers and merchants, and we've become a trusted brand in Venezuela, winning hearts and minds.

Responsibilities:
- Act as the Engineering lead within a squad, guiding the team on architectural decisions, best practices, and technical execution
- Collaborate closely with frontend technical leads, ensuring smooth integration between backend and frontend services
- Lead the technical strategy for backend development, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance
- Own the architecture and design of backend services, establishing best practices and guiding the team on complex technical decisions
- Develop and maintain robust, high-performance backend services using Node.js and NestJS (Express)
- Drive technical innovation by researching and implementing new technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance development processes
- Ensure system reliability and performance through well-structured testing, monitoring, and logging strategies
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to align technical solutions with business goals
- Mentor and coach backend developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
- Establish and enforce coding standards and best practices for backend development
- Oversee deployments and production operations, ensuring high availability and fast issue resolution
- Participate in hiring processes, helping to attract and assess top engineering talent

Requirement:
- 5+ years of experience in backend development, with at least 2 years in a leadership or technical lead role
- Strong expertise in Node.js and NestJS (Express) for building scalable backend applications
- Deep understanding of RESTful API design, security, and performance optimization
- Advanced knowledge of relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, including database modeling, performance tuning, and query optimization
- Experience implementing unit, integration, and end-to-end testing frameworks
- Expertise in architectural patterns such as microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms (preferably GCP), and infrastructure-as-code (IaC)
- Strong leadership skills, with a proven ability to mentor and develop engineering teams
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams and squads
- Problem-solving mindset, analytical thinking, and ability to navigate complex technical challenges
- Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment with autonomy and ownership
- Spanish and English proficiency

Benefits:
- 100 USD in app benefits
- Insurance Policy
- 15 PTO