Founding Tech Lead

We are seeking a Founding Tech Lead to build and scale the entire engineering function for a fast-growing consumer-tech marketplace startup. This is a 01 leadership role, responsible for defining architecture, building systems from scratch, and scaling the platform to support real-world, ops-heavy use cases.

Responsibilities:

• Own and define the end-to-end architecture, building scalable backend systems and distributed services from scratch.
• Lead 0-1 product development, translating business requirements into robust, production-ready tech solutions.
• Design and optimize systems for marketplace dynamics, including transactions, supply-demand, pricing, and workflows.
• Hire, mentor, and build the initial engineering team (4-6 engineers) while establishing strong engineering practices.
• Partner closely with founder on product roadmap, tech strategy, and execution, balancing speed, scale, and reliability.

Requirements:

• 7-12 years of experience in full-stack/backend engineering.
• Strong experience in building systems from 0-1 and scaling from 1-10
• Proven expertise in system design, distributed systems, and microservices architecture.
• Experience working in marketplace, mobility, logistics, or ops-heavy environments.
• Strong backend proficiency (Java / Go / Node.js / Python or similar).
• Ability to balance hands-on execution with architectural thinking and leadership.
• Strong problem-solving ability with a business-first mindset.

Skills

backend, distributed systems, full-stack, go, java, microservices, node, node.js, python, system design