Role Overview We are looking for a highly technical, hands-on Tech Lead 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. This is a deeply hands-on role (50%), combining system design, architecture, and execution in a data -critical, high-scale environment 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
Responsibilities: Cross-Team Technical Leadership
* Lead a Core Team working across multiple squads
* Identify system -wide bottlenecks, risks, and architectural gaps
* Drive alignment on engineering standards and best practices
* Partner closely with Tech Leads, Product, and Dev teams 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: 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
This position is open to all candidates.