Tech Lead (Full Stack & Infrastructure)

Leadingnation; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

SoFriday initiative

Job summary

SoFi is hiring a Tech Lead in Hong Kong to own the architecture of investing products, guide technical direction, and mentor a skilled development team across mobile and backend systems.

You will drive full-stack architecture, cloud design on AWS, and champion IaC while ensuring high reliability and strong security standards for the Hong Kong market.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as Senior Engineer or Tech Lead with architectural ownership.
• Strong TypeScript experience across the stack (React Native frontend, backend services).
• Hands-on AWS with IaC and production cloud provisioning.

Responsibilities

• Technical Ownership & Architecture: Own full-stack architecture for mobile and backend; drive system design and balance speed with debt.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Lead AWS cloud architecture; manage core services and IaC practices.
• Team Coaching & Mentorship: Elevate engineering through code reviews, pairing, and mentorship.
• Product & Execution: Collaborate with Product, Design, and QA to refine roadmaps and deliver agile.
• Operations & Reliability: Oversee observability, logging, and incident response for low latency.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure systems meet security standards and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Full-Stack Mastery

AI-First & Modern Tooling

AWS & IaC

API Design & Testing

DevOps Practices

Communication Skills

Tools

React Native

Apollo

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Job description

• Make key technical decisions, drive system design
• Hands-on AWS & IaC: Production exp provisioning
• Manage, optimize, and scale core services

Location: Hong Kong

Why Join Us?

We are hiring a Tech Lead to drive the evolution of SoFi's investing products in Hong Kong. In this role, you won't just write code—you will own the architecture, guide technical direction, and mentor a talented team of developers building high-impact features for thousands of members across our mobile and backend systems.

This is an opportunity to build a long-term career at an established, US-backed company known for its stable culture. Our flat organizational structure empowers you to make bold technical decisions without bureaucracy. This role is perfect for a senior engineer ready to step up, take complete technical ownership, and elevate the team's capabilities while delivering innovative fintech products.

How We Support You

We give our technical leaders the autonomy, tooling, and resources needed to build exceptional software. You’ll have access to:

• High-end hardware to customize your ideal development setup.
• AI-powered tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor, along with a wide selection of models and generous token limits, to accelerate development and streamline team productivity.
• Comprehensive health insurance for you, your spouse, and your children.
• Our popular "SoFriday" initiative, letting you leave early to kick off your weekend.

What You'll Do

• Technical Ownership & Architecture: Own the full-stack architecture for mobile and backend systems. Make key technical decisions, drive system design, and balance speed to market with technical debt reduction.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Drive cloud architecture on AWS. Manage, optimize, and scale core services while establishing infrastructure-as-code best practices.
• Team Coaching & Mentorship: Level up the engineering team through regular code reviews, pair programming, and tailored technical mentorship. Foster a culture of technical excellence and psychological safety.
• Product & Execution: Partner directly with Product, Design, and QA to refine product roadmaps, break down complex technical initiatives, and drive predictable agile delivery.
• Operations & Reliability: Oversee observability, logging, and incident response to maintain peak system reliability and low latency across all production environments.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure full-stack systems comply with security standards and regulatory requirements relevant to the Hong Kong financial and brokerage domain.

What We're Looking For

• Technical Leadership: Proven track record as a Senior Engineer or Tech Lead driving architectural decisions, owning codebases, and coaching mid/junior developers.
• Full-Stack Mastery: Modern TypeScript expertise across the stack, including React Native on the frontend, and Apollo or similar backend frameworks.
• AI-First & Modern Tooling: A forward-thinking development mindset, you reach for modern coding agents and AI-driven workflows.
• Hands-on AWS & IaC: Production experience provisioning and managing AWS resources (EC2, S3, IAM, VPCs) using IaC.
• API Design & Testing: Strong background designing, scaling, and securing REST and GraphQL APIs, along with an uncompromising commitment to automated testing (unit, integration, and E2E).
• DevOps Culture: Strong foundation in CI/CD pipeline design, Git workflows, and containerization.
• Communication: Excellent ability to translate complex technical decisions to business stakeholders and clearly communicate engineering vision to the team.

Nice to Have

• Experience within fintech, wealthtech, or the Hong Kong brokerage domain.
• Hands-on experience with serverless architecture (AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB).
• Familiarity with Salesforce integrations or mobile app store release management.