Senior Tech Lead - AI-Driven Fintech Platform (Remote)

SeedTrust Escrow; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Orchid Software Solutions is seeking a Senior Tech Lead to own architecture and team health for a distributed engineering pod across the US and Latin America, combining leadership with hands-on capability in Next.js/Node/TypeScript.

You will modernize legacy Flask/jQuery into a scalable stack, design AI-assisted development workflows, and partner with Product to deliver reliable, regulated healthcare payments and fintech workflows.

Qualifications

• Must have led engineers in a distributed team.
• 7+ years building production web apps.
• Based in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an engineering pod across the US and LATAM.
• Own the architecture of Next.js apps and integrations.
• Drive modernization to Next.js/Node/TypeScript stack.
• Design AI agent workflows and guardrails for regulated domains.
• Collaborate with Product on sequencing, trade-offs, and delivery.
• Ensure reliability and pace of delivery for client platforms.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Distributed team

Full-stack

AI-native mindset

Communication skills

Startup mentality

Regulated domain

Tools

Next.js

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

Python

Job description

Orchid Software Solutions is seeking a Senior Tech Lead to own architecture and team health for a distributed engineering pod across the US and Latin America, combining leadership with hands-on capability in Next.js/Node/TypeScript.

You will modernize legacy Flask/jQuery into a scalable stack, design AI-assisted development workflows, and partner with Product to deliver reliable, regulated healthcare payments and fintech workflows.