Software Team Lead

A highly successful, revenue-generating FinTech enterprise dedicated to shifting the paradigms of global digital banking and international cross-border payments.

The company develops a dual-engine financial ecosystem consisting of a high-scale consumer platform (B2C) promoting global financial inclusion for underserved demographics, alongside an enterprise-grade (B2B) cross-border payment infrastructure.

The B2B tier enables international financial institutions to execute seamless, real-time cross-border asset transfers through advanced, low-latency API topologies spanning close to a hundred countries.

Unlike traditional early-stage startups, the company is highly stable, entirely self-sustaining through massive organic revenue from tens of millions of active monthly transactions, and backed by exceptionally powerful institutional financial backers.

The corporate headquarters and R&D center are located in a highly accessible central technology district in Tel Aviv, operating under a flexible hybrid model offering 1 day of remote work per week.

Position Overview-

• Backend Engineering Team Leader (Around 20% Hands-on) taking end-to-end management ownership over an elite, growing squad of 5 Backend Developers driving the core B2C global digital banking platform.
• Reporting directly to the R&D Group Manager, executing high-level technical roadmaps while providing close professional mentorship, technological guidance, and strict code-review standards.
• Designing and architecting high-scale, multi-tenant distributed microservices running under extreme transactional throughput and real-time ledger synchronization constraints.
• Influencing core architectural landscapes and complex database patterns, balancing strategic technical management with focused, high-impact hands-on code contributions.
• Core Domain & Ecosystem- FinTech & Digital Banking, Cross-Border Payments (B2B/B2C APIs), Real-Time Transactional Ledgers, High-Scale Backend Architecture, Distributed Microservices, JVM Ecosystem, Cloud-Native Systems (AWS).

Requirements-

• 2+ years of formal professional experience as a Software Team Leader managing backend engineering teams within product-driven environments – Mandatory
• 7+ years of robust professional experience dedicated to backend software engineering – Mandatory
• Production-grade coding mastery and deep architectural background within the JVM ecosystem (Java / Scala / Kotlin) – Mandatory
• Extensive hands-on experience designing, deploying, and maintaining high-performance microservices across modern Cloud environments (specifically AWS) – Mandatory
• Proven track record tackling complex architectural challenges associated with data consistency, high-concurrency systems, or distributed transactional workflows – Mandatory
• Prior background or solid engineering familiarity with financial technologies, digital wallets, payment gateways, or secure API design – Strong Advantage
• A highly dynamic leader with exceptional data-driven decision-making skills and a strong product-oriented mindset – Mandatory