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By combining intelligent decisioning with a personalized, transparent approach, we help consumers access the payment options that are right for them while empowering merchants to build stronger customer relationships.\nEngineering is at the heart of how we make that happen. We build scalable distributed systems, cloud-native services, intelligent data platforms, and AI-powered solutions that enable real-time financial decisions at scale. By leveraging modern engineering practices and integrating AI into both our products and development workflows, we solve complex technical challenges, accelerate innovation, and continuously improve the way we build software. Every service, model, and architectural decision we make directly impacts our products, our customers, and the future of financial technology.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nOur engineering squads are responsible for critical domains and products that power our platform and support our users' ongoing relationship with us. The teams develop scalable web platforms, backend services, and applications, and are comprised of skilled engineers across the stack (backend, frontend, and data).\nAs a Squad Lead, you will be responsible for the team's technical leadership, domain design, and day-to-day execution. You will collaborate closely with product managers and business stakeholders to define priorities and deliver impactful solutions that align with key business goals. We are looking for someone who can drive end-to-end ownership, balance business needs with strong engineering practices, and help shape the direction of our products.\nResponsibilities:\nAmong your key responsibilities, you will lead a highly skilled team that architects and builds scalable systems that serve our customers and partners.\nTechnical Architecture - Lead the technical architecture and system design for core products and services within your domain.\nTeam Leadership - Guide a multidisciplinary squad of frontend, backend, and data engineers through implementation, delivery, and iteration.\nStakeholder Collaboration - Work closely with product managers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.\nStrategic Alignment - Ensure development aligns with business objectives, long-term system health, and Sunbit’s engineering standards.\nQuality - Conduct and lead design reviews, code reviews, and performance optimization efforts.\nCulture Building - Drive a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.\nOperational Excellence - Oversee system reliability, monitoring, and incident response within your domain.\nRequirements\n2+ years of leadership experience, guiding engineering teams and making architectural decisions\n8+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on scalable architecture and system design\nProficiency in modern system architecture with large-scale and high performance.\nImpact driven - use data to make sure every task moves the needle and utilize your resources to maximize the team's impact.\nTeam player with strong communication skills and someone who thrives working in a fast-paced environment.\nCreative, solution-oriented, and able to maintain a ‘can do’ attitude, with the ability to work efficiently under pressure and uncertainty. Adapt quickly to changing business needs.\nFamiliarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems.\nB.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent.\nFluent in English.\nExperience with AI tools and a strong interest in continuously exploring and applying them in everyday work are highly valued.\nPreferred Experience:\nExperience with software development in Kotlin or Java.\nExperience with Frontend technologies.\nExperience with mobile technologies.\nLeading a multidisciplinary team.\nFamiliarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems.\nSolid understanding of AWS or similar cloud platforms.\nExpertise in the Spring Framework.\nProficient in both relational (e.g., MySQL) and non-relational databases (e.g., MongoDB).\nFamiliarity with message queue technologies such as Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ, or similar.\nRecruitment Fraud Disclaimer\nWe’ve been made aware of fraudsters impersonating Sunbit employees during the hiring process. Please note that all official communication will come from an @sunbit.com email address, through our applicant tracking platform @sunbit.comeet-notifications.com or directly via LinkedIn. We will never ask for your age, Social Security number, bank account details, payment of any kind, or other unrelated personal information during the application process. Our hiring process always includes interviews, either by phone, zoom, or in person, before any offer is made. If something feels suspicious, please contact us at  to confirm. We ask that you contact  only about potential instances of fraud.  does not reach our recruiting team directly. Your application directly through the posting is the best way to ensure that your candidacy is reviewed by our team. 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