Technical Leader (Fullstack), Industry Experience

Accountabilities

• Own technical architecture and engineering standards across React, Next.js, Node.js, and supporting technologies, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership to a growing engineering team through mentoring, code reviews, pairing, technical guidance, and continuous development of engineering capabilities.
• Champion AI-powered development practices and automation to improve engineering productivity, code quality, delivery speed, and problem-solving across the team.
• Lead the integration of machine learning and AI-driven capabilities into product features, particularly for fintech and trading-related use cases.
• Architect, deploy, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS, ensuring reliability and performance under real-world market conditions.
• Design and evolve scalable backend systems, RESTful APIs, services, and architectures while maintaining strong full-stack awareness.
• Translate business priorities into clear technical roadmaps and communicate architectural decisions, progress, risks, and trade-offs effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support the development of robust trading technology by applying knowledge of order execution, market infrastructure, risk management, and financial products.
• Promote an ownership-driven, agile, collaborative engineering culture focused on delivering high-quality outcomes from initial design through production release.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional full-stack software development experience, including at least 2 years in a lead, principal, or equivalent senior engineering role.
• Proven experience mentoring, developing, and inspiring engineering teams in fast-paced and evolving environments.
• Strong backend engineering expertise, with extensive experience designing and building scalable backend systems and architectures.
• Expert-level proficiency with React, Next.js, modern frontend development patterns, Node.js, and RESTful APIs.
• Hands-on experience architecting and managing scalable infrastructure using AWS or equivalent cloud platforms.
• Demonstrated use of AI-powered development tools to improve individual and team productivity, engineering quality, and delivery.
• Experience implementing AI/ML-powered features, preferably within fintech, trading, or other complex financial technology environments.
• Previous professional experience in Forex, CFDs, capital markets, financial trading, or closely related trading environments is required.
• Strong understanding of trading systems, market infrastructure, order execution flows, risk management, and financial products.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts and architectural trade-offs to both engineering teams and business stakeholders.
• Servant-leadership mindset, with a focus on team growth, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and enabling others to succeed.
• Demonstrated adaptability, ownership, proactive problem-solving, and the ability to make sound technical decisions in a rapidly changing environment.

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape the technical direction of high-impact fintech and trading solutions.
• Exposure to advanced AI, machine learning, cloud infrastructure, and modern engineering methodologies.
• Collaborative and dynamic environment with significant technical ownership and autonomy.
• Opportunity to mentor and grow an engineering team while influencing engineering standards and culture.
• Professional growth through exposure to complex financial technology and evolving AI-driven development practices.