TECHNICAL LEAD (BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA)

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to lead a team of senior software engineers.

The candidate will have strong hands-on software engineering experience, particularly with Python-based applications, as well as proven experience leading technical teams in a financial services, banking, fintech, payments, card operations etc.

What You Will Do

-Lead and manage a team of senior SW engineers responsible for internal business applications

-Provide technical direction, architectural guidance, and engineering oversight across projects and features

-Own delivery planning, execution, prioritization, and quality across the team’s work

-Partner with the stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions

-Guide the design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and continuous improvement of software applications

-Review technical designs and ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with company standards

-Support engineers through coaching, mentoring, code reviews, design reviews, and technical problem-solving

-Help define and refine engineering processes, coding standards, documentation practices, and delivery workflows

-Manage project priorities

-Ensure the team provides clear and high-quality asynchronous updates on progress, blockers, and delivery status

-Participate in planning meetings, workshops, roadmap discussions, and technical decision-making

-Leadership

-Continuous improvement

-Help maintain strong engineering discipline around of development best practices.

Qualifications

-BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field

-Minimum 7+ years of SW engineering experience, with strong experience in Python

-Prior experience as a Technical Lead, Team Lead, Lead Developer, or Senior SW Engineer with formal leadership responsibilities.

-Experience leading or mentoring senior engineers in the delivery of complex SW applications

-Experience building or supporting applications in financial services, banking, fintech, payments, card operations, transaction processing, fraud, risk, compliance, or related domains.

-Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, and engineering best practices

-Experience with Python web frameworks such as Django, Flask, FastAPI, or similar

-Experience integrating data sources, databases, APIs, third-party systems, and backend services

-Strong understanding of databases, backend application design, APIs, and distributed system concepts

-Experience with version control tools such as Git

-Ability to guide front-end development efforts using modern frameworks and technologies

-Understanding of front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, or modern front-end frameworks

-Strong communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders