Team Lead / Solution Architect – Backend lead with expertise in Fintech risks and fraud :: Mountain View, CA & New York City, NY (Onsite Only)

Team Lead / Solution Architect Backend lead with expertise in Fintech risks and fraud

Location : Mountain View, CA & New York City, NY (Onsite Only)

Experience: 10+ Years /On C2C

Required Skills

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years as a Technical Lead, Team Lead, or Solution Architect.
• Strong expertise in Java (17/21), Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Microservices, and REST APIs.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience designing scalable, high-volume distributed systems with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and security.
• Strong system design and architecture skills with experience leading technical design discussions and mentoring engineering teams.

Mandatory Domain Experience

Candidates must have hands-on experience in one or more of the following:

• Risk Management
• Fraud Detection & Prevention
• Payment Processing
• Merchant Onboarding
• FinTech / Financial Services

Experience with KYC/KYB, transaction risk, fraud scoring, payment authorization, decision engines, or chargebacks is highly preferred.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Agentic AI, AI agents, LLMs, or GenAI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, OpenAI APIs, Vertex AI, or similar technologies.
• Experience integrating AI capabilities into enterprise applications or engineering workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and development of scalable Java-based microservices.
• Drive technical design, architecture decisions, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor engineering teams and provide hands-on technical leadership.
• Collaborate with Product, Data Science, Security, and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, cloud-native financial solutions.