About the Opportunity Join a growing engineering function as the technical lead on a brand-new platform being built from the ground up. You’ll play a key role in defining the architecture and direction of a greenfield advice platform, developed in collaboration with an international offshore partner. This is a high-impact role with strong career growth potential as the team scales over the next 12–18 months.
About the Role
You’ll be the primary technical lead onshore, working closely with an experienced offshore engineering partner to design and build a modern, scalable, cloud-native platform. You’ll stay hands-on with code (around 60–70% of your time) while also owning architectural decisions, technical design, and collaboration across product and engineering stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities - Lead the architecture and development of a new advice platform built in AWS.
- Collaborate with an offshore partner to guide delivery and uphold engineering standards.
- Stay hands-on with backend development in C# .NET and Node.js/TypeScript.
- Contribute to the frontend where needed (React/Vue).
- Promote best practices in testing, event-driven architecture, and cloud scalability.
- Align technology decisions with product and business goals.
- Mentor team members and play a leadership role in evolving the engineering culture.
Skills & Experience Must Haves: - Strong backend development experience in C# .NET and/or Node.js/TypeScript
- Background and experience in FinTech, financial platforms and services advantageous
- Solid cloud engineering experience with AWS serverless architecture
- Strong understanding of event-driven systems and scalable platform design
- Experience collaborating with offshore engineering teams
- Proven leadership skills and ability to drive technical direction autonomously
- Comfortable integrating with external systems and batch processing
- Familiarity with Agile development and architectural best practices
Nice to Haves: - Frontend experience with React or Vue.js
- Experience integrating with Salesforce
- Exposure to DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
Why You’ll Want This Role - Lead the build of a greenfield platform using cutting-edge cloud technology
- Work in a hybrid team model, including collaboration with an international MSP
- High autonomy in technical decision-making
- Flexible working arrangements, with WFH flexibility outside core hours
- Opportunity to work on a mission-led product with real impact
- Join a team transitioning into a modern product-led engineering model
If this sounds like something you’d be keen to explore,
apply now and we’ll be in touch! For questions about the role, email me at
mitch@talent.army.
