Lead Software Engineer

What You'll Do

• Lead the technical strategy for complex, large-scale systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Own end-to-end delivery of critical projects, proactively identifying risks, resolving dependencies, and unblocking the team.
• Design and optimize architectures that align with organizational goals, focusing on scalability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Elevate engineering standards, improving tooling, processes, and team practices to foster a culture of high code quality.
• Collaborate across teams, partnering with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to align technical execution with business objectives.
• Mentor and grow engineers, providing guidance, fostering knowledge sharing, and creating opportunities for development.

What We Look For

• 8+ years of software development experience, with deep expertise in Node.js, Python, Go, or JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin).
• Proven experience designing and owning highly available, fault-tolerant backend systems that serve critical business needs.
• Strong architectural mindset, capable of designing and evolving complex systems while balancing trade-offs.
• Hands-on coding and debugging experience, with strong emphasis on high-quality, maintainable code.
• Collaborative leadership style, with experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team.
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture or distributed systems design is a plus.

At AIFIAN, we foster a collaborative environment devoid of traditional hierarchies. Titles and tenure are set aside as we let our accomplishments speak for themselves. We operate as a united team with a shared objective, constantly pushing each other to excel. Every team member is regarded as a decision-maker, holding autonomy and trust. We believe in the capability of our partners to shoulder responsibilities and contribute their best efforts.