Lead Backend Engineer, Taxes Module

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the Taxes module within the Billing team.

• Define the architecture and technical strategy for tax calculation and reporting procedures.

• Lead integrations with external tax providers and manage technical partnerships.

• Enhance system resilience, uptime, and scalability across services.

• Make critical architectural decisions and set engineering standards and best practices.

• Lead, mentor, and develop the engineering team.

• Contribute to the hiring process as the team expands.

• Deliver essential tax functionality in the initial months.

• Establish a solid technical foundation and engineering practices for future product and team development.

• Advocate for automated unit, integration, functional, and end-to-end testing.

⛳️ Requirements

• 4+ years of backend engineering experience in Go, PHP, Kotlin, Java, or Python.

• Demonstrated experience in designing and managing high-load, distributed systems.

• Strong hands-on expertise with PostgreSQL.

• Solid background with queues or streams.

• Experience with unit, integration, functional, and end-to-end testing.

• Experience in mentoring engineers and establishing technical direction.

• Proactive, independent, results-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership.

• Kafka experience is a plus.

• Familiarity with AWS services is a plus.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines is a plus.

• Background in fintech, payments, or the financial domain is a plus.

• Understanding of VAT, GST, or Sales Tax is a plus.

• Experience in managing or leading teams is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• 30+ days of paid time off.

• Unlimited sick leave.

• Complimentary office meals.

• Health coverage.

• Apple gear.

• Access to courses.

• Attendance at conferences.

• Sports and wellness benefits.

• Referral bonus for successful candidate placements.