Tech Lead
We are looking for a Python Tech Lead to join a fast-growing fintech startup building an AI-powered compliance platform that helps regulated financial institutions monitor marketing content and customer communications at scale. You’ll lead backend development for a product used by banks, trading platforms, and fintechs to automate risk detection and regulatory enforcement across multiple jurisdictions.
This role is a strong fit for an experienced engineer who is comfortable working across the full stack, taking ownership of features end-to-end, and solving complex product and engineering challenges with a high level of autonomy.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Python.
- Drive technical decisions and contribute to the overall system architecture.
- Take ownership of features throughout the full development lifecycle, from solution design to production support.
- Collaborate closely with engineers and product stakeholders to translate business requirements into reliable technical solutions.
- Evaluate technical trade-offs, identify risks, and propose pragmatic solutions.
- Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing across the team.
- Support and mentor other engineers when needed.
- Contribute across multiple technologies when required, including Node.js and frontend components.
- Leverage modern AI-powered development tools and automation to accelerate engineering workflows while critically validating generated outputs.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of commercial software development experience, with strong hands-on expertise in Python and modern backend development.
- Solid understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, microservices, RESTful API design, databases, testing, and modern engineering practices.
- Experience with AWS serverless technologies such as Lambda, AppSync, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and S3.
- Experience designing, delivering, and supporting production-ready systems at scale.
- Ability to take ownership of technical solutions and make well-reasoned engineering decisions.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a pragmatic engineering mindset.
- Experience working across multiple technologies or the ability to quickly learn new ones.
- Exposure to Node.js or confidence in picking it up quickly.
- Upper-Intermediate or higher English.
Nice to have:
- Experience with React.js or other modern frontend frameworks.
- Experience working in FinTech or another complex product domain.
- Previous experience in startup or rapidly scaling product environments.
- Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical initiatives.
- Experience working with cloud platforms and distributed systems.
- Practical experience using LLMs, coding assistants, AI agents, or workflow automation in day-to-day software development.
Our Benefits:
- Professional growth: Individual development plan, mentorship, reimbursement for professional certifications and English lessons, access to professional courses in Corporate Learning Management System.
- Community: Tech community and knowledge-sharing events, English speaking club, corporate library and book club, volunteering and charity initiatives.
- Wellbeing: Medical insurance, regular medical check-ups, sport reimbursement, paid vacation and sick leave, mental health support and events.
- Work environment: Fully-equipped offices, top-notch equipment, flexible work format, activities both in-office and online, Y-bucks and access to the Yalantis store.
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