Lead Engineer, Wealth Management Platform (Remote)

AI Chopping Block; Manila, Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

KIRA is seeking a Lead Engineer to take technical ownership of complex products and drive major engineering initiatives. This role is hands-on, requiring you to design systems, write and review code, and mentor engineers while guiding architecture decisions from idea to production.

You will move between architecture and implementation, balancing speed with reliability, as you lead design decisions and collaborate with product, design, and AI teams across a distributed, remote-first global

Qualifications

• Proven track record in shipping production systems.
• Strong design and architecture skills for scalable services.
• Able to balance speed, reliability and maintainability in trade-offs.
• Willingness to stay hands-on while guiding teams.
• Experience leading major engineering projects or teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and execution of major products and initiatives.
• Own architecture decisions and critical trade-offs across backend, frontend, APIs, and infra.
• Mentor engineers and strengthen technical capabilities across the team.
• Review designs and code, provide actionable feedback to improve quality.
• Collaborate with product, design and AI teams to ship high-quality products.

Skills

Software engineering

System design

Hands-on coding

Technical leadership

Code reviews

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

KIRA is seeking a Lead Engineer to take technical ownership of complex products and drive major engineering initiatives. This role is hands-on, requiring you to design systems, write and review code, and mentor engineers while guiding architecture decisions from idea to production.

You will move between architecture and implementation, balancing speed with reliability, as you lead design decisions and collaborate with product, design, and AI teams across a distributed, remote-first global