Tech Lead / Architect - HO

Company Description

FinBot, part of the Guideline Group, is building a next-generation accounting and financial management platform designed for professional accounting firms, CPAs, bookkeepers, and tax advisors. Our mission is to simplify and automate complex financial workflows, enabling professionals to manage their clients, compliance obligations, and financial data in a smarter and more scalable way.

As Finbot continues to grow, we are looking for a Tech Lead / Architect to build and lead a Core Engineering Team that operates across all R&D squads.

This team will act as a force multiplier - solving complex system challenges, driving architectural improvements, and enabling development teams to move faster with higher quality.

For more information about our company, please visit our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fin-bot/

What Makes This Role Different

• Not a feature team - focus on system-level problems
• Not a traditional manager - strong hands-on ownership
• Not advisory - drives and executes real changes in production
• Works across teams - true cross-team impact

Architecture & System Design

• Own and evolve system architecture (Monolith → Modular / Services)
• Reduce tight coupling and improve system boundaries
• Lead major refactoring and modernization efforts
• Ensure scalability, performance, and resilience
• Microservice architecture (from modular monolith to microservices)

Hands-On Development (70%)

• Write complex production code across services
• Lead by example in code quality and design
• Take ownership of the most challenging technical problems

Engineering Excellence & Enablement

• Define and enforce development standards (Code Reviews, Design Patterns)
• Improve observability (monitoring, logging, alerting)
• Build reusable tools, infrastructure, and shared components
• Enable teams to deliver faster with higher quality
• Advantage for AI-driven standard validations

Mentorship & Technical Growth

• Mentor engineers and Tech Leads across teams
• Raise the engineering bar across the organization
• Support teams in production debugging and solving complex production issues

Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, (Express,nestJS), PHP (advantage)
• Frontend: React, Redux, React Hooks
• Data: MySQL, SQL, Redis
• Infrastructure: AWS
• Advantage: Experience with agent frameworks (agentic flows)

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend / full-stack development experience
• 3+ years system architecture experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Node.js in production for heavy load systems
• Proven experience in system design and architecture
• Experience working with scaling systems
• Strong experience with:
• Performance optimization
• Refactoring legacy systems
• Designing modular architectures
• Hands-on experience with AWS
• Strong understanding of data consistency, reliability, and strategy 
• Experience leading technical initiatives across teams
• Excellent communication and influence skills
• Advantage: Background in financial / billing systems

Nice to Have

• Experience with event-driven architecture/queues
• Experience breaking down monoliths into services
• Experience building internal platforms/enablement teams

Success in This Role

• Teams deliver faster with fewer blockers
• System architecture becomes more scalable, modular, and stable
• Production stability and observability improve
• Engineering standards are consistent and adopted
• The Core Team becomes a trusted partner across R&D

Why Join Us

• Real architectural challenges with direct business impact
• Opportunity to shape system foundations at scale
• High ownership and influence across the organization
• Work with strong teams in a growing product environment