Senior Technical Lead

About Juniper Square

Private markets are one of the largest, most complex, and most underserved corners of global finance. Our mission at Juniper Square is to unlock their full potential. We’re the Operations Partner trusted by 2,300+ GPs, unifying technology, data, and fund administration services into a single platform that helps GPs move faster, make better decisions, and scale with precision. With $300B+ under administration and 700,000+ LPs on platform, we’ve built the scale to match our ambition. And with JunieAI, our purpose-built AI platform, we’re reimagining how private markets operate, embedding intelligence across every workflow. Founder-led since 2014, backed by $350M+ in funding, and now 1,000+ employees strong, we’re building a company designed to shape the future of private markets for decades to come.

Our culture is built for people who want to do ambitious, meaningful work alongside exceptionally talented teammates. We think like owners, move with urgency, and take pride in solving hard problems that truly matter to our customers and the future of private markets. We believe the best ideas come from open debate, deep collaboration, and diverse perspectives, which is why we believe transparency is the default and feedback makes us stronger. If you’re energized by high standards, rapid growth, and the opportunity to help define a category at a pivotal moment, come join us!

Juniper Square offers employees a variety of ways to work, ranging from a fully remote experience to working full-time in one of our physical offices. We invest heavily in digital-first operations, allowing our teams to collaborate effectively across 27 U.S. states, 2 Canadian Provinces, India, Luxembourg, and England. We also have physical offices in San Francisco, New York City, Mumbai and Bangalore for employees who prefer to work in an office some or all of the time.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Technical Lead to architect, design, and oversee development of high-performance backend systems and distributed applications. The ideal candidate is an expert in Python (FastAPI preferred) or Java, with strong experience in building scalable REST & GraphQL APIs, asynchronous systems, cloud deployments on AWS, and containerized microservices. Additional frontend expertise with ReactJS and TypeScript is a strong bonus.

You will lead a cross-functional engineering team, ensure technical excellence, and drive best practices across the development lifecycle.

What you’ll do

Technical Leadership

• Lead design and architecture of complex backend systems, distributed services, and mission-critical APIs.

• Provide hands-on technical guidance to engineering teams and mentor developers.

• Define coding standards, enforce code quality, and conduct thorough code reviews.

• Own end-to-end delivery, from technical feasibility to deployment and maintenance.

Backend Engineering & API Development

• Architect and implement backend services using Python/FastAPI (preferred) or Java (Spring Boot/Quarkus).

• Design and deliver scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs with strong focus on performance, security, and maintainability.

• Build asynchronous task pipelines and microservices using Celery, RabbitMQ, Redis, or equivalent message brokers.

• Design efficient database schemas and queries (PostgreSQL/MySQL/NoSQL).

Cloud & DevOps

• Deploy, manage, and optimize systems on AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.).

• Implement CI/CD processes, automated pipelines, and environment provisioning.

• Use containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes for microservice orchestration.

• Ensure observability through logging, monitoring, and distributed tracing.

Architecture & System Design

• Lead discussions on scalability, distributed architecture, caching, API design, and event-driven patterns.

• Drive decisions on best-fit technologies, frameworks, and cloud-native approaches.

• Ensure adherence to security best practices and compliance standards.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10-13 years of backend engineering experience, with 3+ years in a technical leadership role.

• Strong experience with:

  a) Python (FastAPI preferred) OR Java

  b) REST & GraphQL API development

  c) Celery / async processing

  d) AWS cloud services

  e) Docker, Kubernetes, and containerization

• Solid knowledge of:

  a) Microservices architectures

  b) Distributed systems

  c) SQL and NoSQL databases

  d) CI/CD pipelines

  e) Monitoring and alerting frameworks

Nice-to-Have

• Frontend development experience using ReactJS and TypeScript (component design, state management, API integrations).

• Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, SNS/SQS).

• Exposure to domain-driven design (DDD) and clean architecture principles.

• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation).

• Experience with performance tuning, load testing, and cost optimization on AWS.

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management abilities.

• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

• Analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.

• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, agile environment.