Technical Team Lead

nineDots.io; Ireland; Remote; EUR 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

nineDots.io is seeking a Hands-on Tech Lead to work directly with the founder as the technical number two. You’ll code, shape architecture, and bring features into production while starting to build the engineering team immediately.

You’ll guide technical priorities and collaborate closely with the founder on product decisions. Ideal candidates have strong backend experience in financial services and a track record of leading engineers.

Qualifications

• Proven backend development experience in financial services.
• Experience leading engineers and teams.
• Ability to set technical priorities and engineering standards.
• Hands-on coding while guiding product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own backend development, architecture and production reliability.
• Define technical priorities and engineering standards.
• Hire, mentor and manage a growing engineering team.
• Make product and delivery decisions with the founder.

Skills

Backend development

Team leadership

Software architecture

Production reliability

Financial services domain

Job description

Work directly with the founder to shape what comes next.

Hands-on Tech Lead | Up to €120k | Remote, Ireland / UK

I’m working with a fintech startup looking for someone to become the founder’s technical number two.

This is a proper startup. You’ll be writing code, making architecture decisions and getting features into production. You’ll also help hire and manage the engineering team around you, with plans to start building that team straight away.

The hands-on work will remain a big part of your job for the foreseeable future.

You’ll work directly with the founder, turning business priorities into software that works.

Challenging ideas. Explaining trade-offs. Deciding what needs building now and what can wait.

The product brings financial data together across advisers and institutions, securely and with customer consent. Think financial APIs, tenant isolation, authentication and reliable, auditable data flows.

You’ll take ownership of:

• Backend development, architecture and production reliability
• Technical priorities and engineering standards
• Hiring, mentoring and managing a growing team
• Product and delivery decisions alongside the founder

You’ll need strong backend experience in financial services, experience leading engineers, and the appetite to roll your sleeves up when something needs doing.

This could suit a Tech Lead ready to build a team, or an Engineering Manager who still loves coding and wants to stay close to the product.

There’s ambiguity, changing priorities and plenty to figure out. There’s also the opportunity to shape both the software and the team building it.