Lead Software Engineer - Backend

About Growfin

Growfin is a fast-growing SaaS company that provides financial management solutions to the finance audience, including Controllers, VP of Finance, CFO. Our platform offers features such as financial reporting, collections, cash application & cashflow forecasting, designed to streamline financial operations and drive efficiency in cash flow cycles. Our mission is to help finance teams optimize their performance and achieve their goals with an innovative, user-friendly platform. We're proud of our collaborative and dynamic culture, and we're looking for a motivated and ambitious individual to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the full application lifecycle, from design to implementation, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
• Lead development efforts, ensuring high-quality and scalable backend architecture for web applications.
• Design and implement complex software systems that meet both functional and non-functional business requirements, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Front-end, and other engineering teams to deliver seamless product features and solutions.
• Mentor and lead a team of engineers, providing guidance on technical and design decisions, and ensuring best practices are followed.
• Perform thorough code reviews and foster a culture of high standards in software engineering and quality assurance.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance at scale.
• Build reusable, modular, and scalable code and libraries for future use, reducing technical debt.
• Identify areas for improvement in both current products and future architectures and propose solutions for optimization.
• Lead initiatives to improve development processes, tools, and workflows to increase team efficiency.
• Drive technical direction and contribute to long-term product strategy, architecture design, and technology decisions.
  
  

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Back-end developer, with at least 2 years in a leadership or mentorship capacity.
• Proven experience designing and building large-scale, distributed systems with a focus on backend technologies.
• Strong problem-solving abilities, with a track record of quickly addressing technical challenges in high-pressure situations.
• Expertise in Java, with deep knowledge of the Spring Boot framework, or similar modern backend technologies.
• In-depth understanding of database systems like MySQL or equivalent, including advanced knowledge of data modeling, optimization, and security.
• Strong proficiency with AWS or similar cloud platforms, including designing and deploying highly scalable, secure cloud-based solutions.
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles, microservices architecture, and related patterns.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and present complex technical ideas clearly.
• Experience in leading and growing a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
• Knowledge of CI/CD processes, testing methodologies, and monitoring tools to ensure system health and stability.
• Passion for coaching and developing junior engineers, helping them grow their technical skills and career progression.