AI-Powered Tech Lead — Payments Platform

Cobre; Mexico; Hybrid; PHP 7,290,000 - 10,936,000; Full time

Job summary

Cobre is seeking a hands-on technical leader to head a squad building AI-powered products in a regulated domain. You will set technical direction, own architecture, grow engineers, and be accountable for production delivery while still coding on high-priority problems.

You will mentor the team, manage incidents, and collaborate with product, compliance, and operations. Strong Go, AWS, and LLM experience are essential, with Spanish and English proficiency.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering with leadership experience.
• Production experience leading LLM-backed product work.
• Comfort with Go and setting Go standards for a team.
• Experience in regulated domains (KYC/KYB, AML, sanctions).
• Fluency in Spanish with working English for technical docs.

Responsibilities

• Define technical direction and architecture for an AI-powered squad within a regulated domain.
• Own delivery outcomes, instrument metrics, and manage incidents.
• Mentor engineers, conduct reviews, and grow team capabilities.
• Collaborate with product, compliance, and operations as a peer.
• Ensure AI features meet safety, auditability, and deployment standards.

Skills

Go backend

Node/TypeScript

Vue 3

LLM products

Distributed systems

AWS

Hexagonal architecture

Testing & observability

Regulated domain

Mentoring

Leadership without formal authority

Spanish fluency

English documentation

Tools

Lambda

DynamoDB

S3

SQS/SNS

Job description

Cobre is seeking a hands-on technical leader to head a squad building AI-powered products in a regulated domain. You will set technical direction, own architecture, grow engineers, and be accountable for production delivery while still coding on high-priority problems.

You will mentor the team, manage incidents, and collaborate with product, compliance, and operations. Strong Go, AWS, and LLM experience are essential, with Spanish and English proficiency.