Backend Team Lead (Go)

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🔥 BACKEND TEAM LEAD (GO) | FINTECH

📍 Cyprus | Relocation
💰 €6,000–7,000 NET
✈️ Flights + 2 weeks accommodation + visa support

We’re hiring a hands-on Backend Team Lead to lead a team of 6–8 Go engineers and build high-load payment infrastructure used for real-time transaction processing.

💻 Your responsibilities:
• Lead backend architecture and technical delivery
• Build scalable microservices & event-driven systems
• Review code and stay hands-on with Go development
• Improve performance, reliability & observability
• Lead production incidents and technical investigations
• Mentor engineers and participate in hiring
• Drive AI-assisted development across the team

🔑 Requirements:
• Strong Go/Golang background
• Previous Team Lead / Tech Lead experience
• Distributed systems & microservices
• PostgreSQL: transactions, indexing, optimization
• NATS / Kafka / RabbitMQ
• High-load, business-critical production systems
• CI/CD, monitoring, testing & troubleshooting
• FinTech / payments / PSP / acquiring experience
• Knowledge of settlements, reconciliation, refunds & chargebacks
• Practical experience with AI coding assistants / AI agents

⭐ Nice to have: ClickHouse, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, PCI DSS.

🎯 Role split: ~60% technical leadership & delivery + ~40% hands-on engineering.

🌍 International fintech environment
📈 Career & professional growth
🤝 Direct communication with senior management
⚡ Fast decision-making

📩 Interested? DM me or send your CV.