TL;DR

Staff Engineer Team Lead (Fintech): Lead and architect scalable backend systems and services for market data APIs supporting stocks, options, crypto, and forex with an accent on distributed system design, cloud infrastructure, and financial data reliability. Focus on designing robust backend architecture, mentoring engineers, and driving technical strategy in a fast-growing fintech environment.

Location: Remote (Europe, North America)

Company

%hirify_global% is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure serving millions of brokerage accounts globally with institutional-grade APIs and a mission to open financial services to everyone.

What you will do

Own end-to-end architecture for the market data suite ensuring scalability and maintainability
Drive technical planning, sprint scoping, and cross-functional alignment with product teams
Mentor senior and mid-level engineers and uphold engineering best practices
Set standards for code quality, observability, and performance
Collaborate on roadmap priorities and product evolution
Implement backend services with a focus on reliability and scalability

Requirements

10+ years backend engineering experience with 4+ years in lead roles
Proven experience designing and scaling distributed systems, preferably in Go
Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform
Strong knowledge of relational databases, TCP/IP, UDP, Linux/BSD, and shell scripting
Strong communication skills and experience mentoring engineers
Passion for financial markets and fintech domain

Nice to have

Finance industry experience
Cloud networking (BGP, VPC peering)
Messaging queues and brokers
Capacity planning and benchmarking
eBPF knowledge
Startup experience and remote work experience
DevOps mindset

Culture & Benefits

Competitive salary and stock options
Health benefits
New hire home-office setup allowance ($500 USD)
Monthly stipend ($150 USD)