Satellit - Backend Tech Lead
A technology lead role responsible for guiding backend and data engineering efforts within trading product teams. The position ensures the delivery of secure, high-performance applications and data-driven capabilities, provides technical leadership and coaching, collaborates with stakeholders, and drives architectural decisions in a hybrid work environment.
Key responsibilities
Provide technical direction and mentorship to backend and data engineering teams, ensuring compliance with standards and contributing to MicroServices architecture design.
Lead the delivery of secure, high-performance backend and data-driven components by overseeing development, optimization, deployment, and maintenance activities.
Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to gather and analyze functional and technical requirements and design system architectures.
Plan, supervise, and support team members throughout the delivery process, breaking down work and managing tasks.
Provide user support and monitor deliverables post-release to ensure stable operations.
Engage with traders, quants, developers, and product teams within a distributed agile environment to drive business outcomes.
Skills and competences
Mentoring and coaching developers
Collaboration across technical and business teams
Ownership and autonomy in problem solving
Analyzing requirements and proposing technical solutions
Adapting to fast-paced, demanding environments
Working in distributed, multicultural teams
Qualifications
Minimum 10 years of experience in backend or data engineering roles
Demonstrated experience in technical leadership or senior individual contributor roles
Strong experience in Python (mandatory).
Hands on experience with Kubernetes (mandatory).
Cloud architecture experience (mandatory).
Good understanding of networking and cyber security.
Experience with electronic or algorithmic trading is an advantage.
Knowledge of MicroServices based architectures is an advantage
Experience working with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders
University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent experience