Lead a high-performing backend engineering team at a newly-minted unicorn transforming the $130 trillion debt capital market. You will guide technical strategy, mentor senior engineers, and ship production-ready solutions using Python, TypeScript, and AWS. This role balances deep technical craft with strategic leadership to make complex financial data accessible for 300+ global institutional clients.
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Engineering Lead at 9fin
Are you an engineering leader who loves the craft but knows your greatest impact comes from enabling others? Join a newly-minted unicorn that just raised $170M to transform the $130 trillion debt capital market. As Engineering Lead, you'll guide a high-performing team building AI-powered intelligence platforms for the world's largest asset managers. Working with a stack featuring Python, TypeScript, and AWS, you will stay close to the code while shaping the technical direction and culture of a fast-scaling London fintech. This is a rare chance to take a leadership seat at a company with massive traction and a $1.3B valuation.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
$170M Series C AI-powered debt capital markets intelligence platform with a $1.3B valuation
What you'll do
What you will do
- Build and scale a cross-functional engineering team, fostering a culture of ownership and high performance.
- Drive technical excellence by remaining hands-on with architectural decisions, code reviews, and system design.
- Partner with product and data teams to translate ambitious roadmap visions into scalable, reliable platform features.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- Proven track record leading engineering teams within high-growth startups or scaleup environments.
- Deep backend expertise in Python, TypeScript, AWS, and Terraform with experience building complex, distributed systems.
- Product-oriented mindset with a passion for mentoring talent and delivering high-impact user experiences.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Join a hyper-growth unicorn recently valued at $1.3B following a $170M Series C round in March 2026.
- Lead a mission-critical team building AI-driven intelligence tools for an underserved $130 trillion asset class.
- Work under world-class engineering leadership with a pedigree from Credit Karma, Bloomberg, and Nasdaq.
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