Tech Lead

We are seeking a dynamic, personable, and experienced Technical Leader to drive our FinTech lending platform’s technology and focus on designing scalable systems that meet the unique needs of structured finance while collaborating closely with credit and development teams. In this role, you will lead a talented team of software engineers and product development to architect, develop, and deploy high-performing systems using AI agents that power our lending solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional global teams to align technical efforts with business objectives,

ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. This technical lead will have expertise in structured finance and hands-on experience with Python, Microsoft Azure, MongoDB, SQL, and web app development. The ideal candidate will bridge our credit and technology teams while leading developers to implement structured finance use cases effectively.

Key Leadership Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership to the development team, with a focus on structured finance use cases.

Collaborate with the credit team to deeply understand business requirements and translate them into technical designs.

Mentor and train the tech team on structured finance concepts and domain-specific knowledge.

Oversee development processes to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with financial standards.

Identify and resolve gaps in the tech team’s understanding of credit and structured finance.

Facilitate communication and collaboration between the tech and credit teams.

Demonstrate global stakeholder communication across all levels of the firm.

Lead ongoing performance and talent discussions to ensure the team is fully aligned against deliverables and engaged to do their best work.

Key Technical Responsibilities:

Lead the design and architecture of scalable, high-performance, and fault-tolerant systems for our credit platform, ensuring robustness and adaptability to structured finance needs.

Define and advise on the best technology stack, system architecture, and cloud-native design, focusing on microservices, containerized deployments (Kubernetes/Docker), event-driven systems

(Kafka), and efficient data management (SQL, NoSQL).

Ensure scalability, maintainability, and security of all developed solutions, aligning with FinTech regulatory compliance (SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR) and structured finance best practices.

Promote software engineering excellence by implementing CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices,

API-first design, automated testing, and comprehensive documentation.

Collaborate closely with product and credit teams to ensure technical solutions are designed with customer feedback loops, risk assessment models, and structured finance principles in mind.

Guide front-end and back-end integration efforts while fostering engineering best practices, and ensuring seamless functionality.

Mentor developers on best practices for both structured finance and the web-based stack.

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Core AI Responsibilities:

Architect and lead development of advanced Multi-AI Agentic systems, leveraging frameworks such as LangChain, LangSmith, AutoGPT, BabyAGI, MetaGPT, CrewAI, and

SuperAGI for sophisticated reasoning, retrieval, orchestration, and feedback loops.

UtilizeLarge Language Models (LLMs) with fine-tuning frameworks like Hugging Face Transformers and LoRA, implement reinforcement learning with Ray/RLlib and Gymnasium, and optimize contextual retrieval using Vector DBs (Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, Chroma).

Integrate robust security, compliance, and scalability into Agentic AI platforms, applying best practices in data encryption, secure access management (Keycloak/Auth0), policy enforcement (OpenPolicyAgent), comprehensive risk management, and regulatory compliance.

Oversee secure, scalable deployment through container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes), efficient API integration (tRPC/GraphQL), and ensure AI-driven decision-making aligns strategically with evolving business needs and industry standards.

Business Domain:

Experience with or strong interest in FinTech, lending, or financial systems.

Understanding of credit operations and financial data processing.

Ability to collaborate effectively with finance teams.

Interest in emerging market financial solutions.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Finance.

Relevant certifications in cloud computing, AI, or financial technologies would be an added advantage.

8+ years in software architecture with 3+ years in structured finance-related projects.

Expertise in Python, Microsoft Azure, MongoDB, SQL, and front-end technologies.

In-depth knowledge and experience of structured finance and credit platforms is a plus.

Entrepreneurial Mindset - Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to navigate fast-paced, high-growth environments, and the ability to contribute to the creation of a stand-alone

SaaS business, from technical foundation to scaling up for enterprise clients.

Proven experience leading cross-functional global teams to deliver complex technology solutions, managing direct reports, and multiple senior-level stakeholders.

Strong leadership, communication skills, interpersonal awareness, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Knowledge of modern software architecture patterns and best practices.

Speaks fluent English (the ability to present to investors).

What We Offer:

Be part of a growing FinTech credit team innovating in emerging markets.

An opportunity to do cutting-edge meaningful work and make a real difference in emerging

market finance.

Experiment with AI-driven automation and help shape next-gen financial technology.

Remote-first work environment.

Professional development learning opportunities.

Brilliant and cooperative teammates from around the world.

Competitive pay and perks.