Fullstack AI Tech Lead

Role Overview

• Lead the technical architecture and engineering execution for Athia’s AI-driven platform and payment operations ecosystem.
• Develop deep expertise in the existing payments stack, routing logic, and provider integrations to ensure ML outputs are executed reliably, accurately, and with minimal latency.
• Define and implement scalable deployment strategies for both cloud-hosted and on-premise client environments, ensuring secure and efficient data synchronization between systems.
• Own operational connectivity, including monitoring, alerting, observability, and incident response processes, maintaining a seamless feedback loop with operations teams.
• Provide technical leadership around scalability and resiliency to support significant transaction growth projections while preventing downtime and service degradation.
• Partner closely with the Modeling Lead to validate the technical feasibility, performance, and robustness of new AI/ML model implementations and emerging use cases.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate long-term product vision into actionable technical requirements and realistic engineering roadmaps.
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers through architecture decisions, technical planning, and day-to-day execution.
• Drive engineering best practices, including code quality, documentation, testing, observability, and deployment standards.
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to ensure maintainable, scalable, and secure systems.
• Own technical delivery timelines and help prioritize initiatives based on business impact and engineering complexity.
• Promote a strong engineering culture focused on accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Design, build, and maintain backend services and distributed systems using Golang and Python.
• Develop scalable frontend applications using React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Build and maintain APIs and integrations using RESTful APIs, gRPC, and event-driven architectures.
• Implement automated testing strategies and CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliability and deployment efficiency.
• Ensure adherence to security best practices across application development, infrastructure, and data handling.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with strong backend development expertise.
• At least 2 years of experience in a technical leadership or Tech Lead role.
• Strong hands-on experience with: Golang Python React Next.js TypeScript
• Solid understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, and scalable infrastructure design.
• Experience working with payment systems, fintech platforms, orchestration layers, or high-transaction environments is highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, gRPC, and integration protocols.
• Experience designing cloud-native applications and hybrid/on-prem deployment architectures.
• Proficiency in automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability tools.
• Familiarity with code review processes and engineering quality standards.
• Strong understanding of security best practices in software development.
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced startup environments with high ownership and ambiguity.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• Distributed Systems
• GRPC
• JavaScript
• Next.js
• Python
• React
• TypeScript
• Go

Benefits

• Vacations and additional PTO 🏝️
• Remote work from anywhere 💻
• Economic support for health insurance, internet and cell phone line📱🌐
• We all own DEUNA, we offer stock options 💸
• Learning and development platform 📚
• Multidisciplinary, diverse and dynamic team 🧡
• Growth and career path 🚀