Serie B - Fintech Company - Lead Engineer

The role

You will act as the Engineering lead within a squad to guide architectural decisions and technical execution. You will develop and maintain backend services using Node.js and NestJS.

What you will do

• Act as the Engineering lead within a squad, guiding the team on architectural decisions, best practices, and technical execution
• Collaborate closely with frontend technical leads
• Lead the technical strategy for backend development
• Own the architecture and design of backend services
• Develop and maintain robust, high-performance backend services using Node.js and NestJS (Express)
• Drive technical innovation by researching and implementing new technologies, tools, and methodologies
• Ensure system reliability and performance through testing, monitoring, and logging
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, frontend, and DevOps teams
• Mentor and coach backend developers
• Establish and enforce coding standards and best practices

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend development
• At least 2 years in a leadership or technical lead role
• Strong expertise in Node.js and NestJS (Express)
• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, security, and performance optimization
• Advanced knowledge of relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, including database modeling, performance tuning, and query optimization
• Experience implementing unit, integration, and end-to-end testing frameworks
• Expertise in architectural patterns such as microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms (preferably GCP), and infrastructure-as-code (IaC)
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Problem-solving mindset, analytical thinking, and ability to navigate complex technical challenges
• Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment with autonomy and ownership

Nice to have

• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with messaging and event-driven architectures (RabbitMQ, Kafka, PubSub)
• Exposure to serverless computing and cloud-native development patterns

Before you apply

• Silver screening Interview
• Silver Technical Interview (System Design Interview)
• Client Screening Interview
• Client Technical interview
• Client Behavioral Interview

About the company

Silver is a BNPL platform that pursues a mission to give Venezuelans back the opportunity to access credit. It has more than 9 million active users and is a trusted brand in Venezuela.