R&D Team Leader (Offshore)

Description

Datarails is a cloud-based financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform designed for SMBs, transforming manual monthly and quarterly reporting into automated, scalable processes.

Our solution connects to organizational systems such as ERP, CRM, HRIS, and complex Excel files, consolidating all data into a single cloud-based database. Datarails automates critical financial transformations including FX conversions, eliminations, hierarchies, financial adjustments, and more while allowing end-users to continue working in Excel as they always have.

Serving primarily the US market, Datarails is experiencing strong and sustained growth. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a multidisciplinary R&D team and work on a cutting-edge SaaS product at scale.

Our technology teams are the engine of our business.

We maintain a dynamic startup culture that encourages innovation, ownership, and critical thinking. At Datarails, you’ll collaborate with a global team of engineers, architects, product managers, and customer-facing teams to shape the future of financial planning and analysis.

What You'll Do

• Lead and manage a cross-functional R&D team of 5–7 engineers, including backend (Python), frontend (Angular), and QA engineers
• Own end-to-end product development, from initial requirements and design, through development, testing, deployment, and production monitoring & troubleshooting
• Provide hands-on technical leadership, including architecture design, coding when needed, and thorough code reviews
• Work closely with Product Managers and Architects to define scope, prioritize backlog, and deliver high-quality features
• Drive engineering best practices: clean code, testing, CI/CD, performance, reliability, and security
• Be accountable for team delivery, quality, velocity, and stability
• Define team goals, KPIs, and success metrics
• Mentor and develop team members, supporting their professional and technical growth
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, and training of new team members
• Actively monitor production systems, lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement
  
  

• Native-level Ukrainian or Russian
• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years of Python in production
• 3+ years in an R&D team lead, leading cross-functional teams (backend, frontend, and QA) in a production environment
• Proven experience managing and leading remote teams in a fully distributed, remote-only environment
• Proven experience working in a product-based company (not project/outsource)
• Strong experience with Python backend development in a SaaS environment, including cloud-based, scalable, and high-availability distributed systems
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, microservices, asynchronous programming, and testing
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Helm)
• Solid understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and technical trade-offs
• Proven ability to lead projects end-to-end, from requirements and design through development and production
• Excellent communication skills and high proficiency in English
  
  

• Python frameworks: Django, FastAPI
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MSSQL
• Messaging & async processing: Celery, RabbitMQ
• Caching & performance: Redis
• Cloud platforms and services (Azure – advantage)
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and distributed systems
• Strong grasp of KISS, DRY, SOLID, OOP principles
  
  

• Experience with Azure cloud services
• Experience with Excel Add-ins or data-heavy applications
• Startup or high-growth SaaS company experience