Are you ready to lead the technical evolution of modern finance? At YAPEAL, we're looking for a Tech Lead Backend Engineering who combines deep technical mastery with the ability to guide teams and shape product strategy. You won’t just manage systems; you’ll empower engineers to build the next generation of embedded financial services.
Curious to learn more? Explore the role and join us in crafting the backbone of modern fintech!
Tech Lead Backend Engineering
Zurich - Hybrid
Full-time
Permanent employee
About The Role:
As our Tech Lead, you are the bridge between ambitious business goals and scalable technical execution. You define the technical roadmap for our backend ecosystem, ensure the long-term health of our architecture, and foster a culture of excellence. While you remain technically "hands-on," your primary focus is on enabling the team, making high-level design decisions, and ensuring our card and payment products remain at the cutting edge.
Expect a Day Full of:
- Strategic Roadmap: Defining the technical vision for our card and payment products in close collaboration with Product Management, stakeholders, and partners.
- Integration Strategy: Ensuring our card-related APIs and interfaces are seamless, secure, and ready for high-scale B2B(2X) integrations.
- Operational Excellence & Flow: Acting as a bridge between business requirements and technical execution, ensuring the team can deliver autonomously and without friction.
- Technical Governance: Overseeing the technical health of the backend, making high-level decisions on tech stack evolution and vendor integrations (e.g., processors, KYC, etc.).
- Card Lifecycle & Transaction Processing: Architecting the core logic for card issuing, real-time authorizations, and complex clearing/settlement for credit, debit, and prepaid products.
- Architectural Stewardship: Ensuring the integrity of our ledger, financial value flows, and distributed system design.
- End-to-End Ownership: Overseeing the entire service lifecycle. From initial blueprint to production stability. Empowering the team & living the "own what we build" spirit.
Who We’re Looking For:
- Engineering Leader: A leader who leads "from the code," maintaining a strong technical pulse while managing high-level stakeholders.
- Business-to-Tech Translator: Ability to translate complex card-business requirements into scalable technical blueprints.
- Fintech & Card Domain Mastery: Deep understanding of card network protocols, transaction lifecycles, and regulatory standards such as PCI-DSS.
- Visionary Mindset: Experience in building modern financial services with a focus on Embedded Finance and user-centric card products.
- Senior Expertise: Extensive experience in ‘Go’, distributed systems, and SQL databases, combined with a strong sense for system design and business logic.
- AI-Driven Productivity: Leading the team in using AI tools to optimize efficiency, code quality, and daily development workflows.
Why Join YAPEAL?
At YAPEAL, we’re on a mission to transform the future of finance, and we’re looking for visionaries like you to join our journey. Here’s why YAPEAL is maybe your place to be:
A Culture of Innovation and Flexibility
Be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team that values creativity, flexibility, and customer success. At YAPEAL, every idea matters, and every voice counts. We give our people all the f lexibility they need to thrive and succeed.
Unmatched Growth Opportunities
As an expanding company, your contribution will directly shape our success and market presence. This is your chance to grow with us and make a tangible impact on the future of f inance.
If this sounds like the challenge you’ve been waiting for, we’d love to hear from you.
A Culture of Innovation and Flexibility
Be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team that values creativity, flexibility, and customer success. At YAPEAL, every idea matters, and every voice counts. We give our people all the f lexibility they need to thrive and succeed.
Unmatched Growth Opportunities
As an expanding company, your contribution will directly shape our success and market presence. This is your chance to grow with us and make a tangible impact on the future of f inance.
If this sounds like the challenge you’ve been waiting for, we’d love to hear from you.
About us
Based in Zurich, Switzerland, YAPEAL is revolutionizing the financial landscape with our embedded finance solutions. We empower businesses to seamlessly integrate financial services into their products, enhancing customer experiences and unlocking new revenue streams. Combining cutting-edge technology with Swiss reliability, we’re setting a new standard for digital finance. Join us in building a future that’s uniquely dependable, and consistently innovative.