Software Team Lead

Software Team Lead | USA, Europe, LATAM (Remote Friendly)📋 The Role

Brio Digital is excited to partnered with a scaling US-based FinTech with strong expansion plans in 2026 who are seeking an experienced Software Team Lead to technically lead & line-manage a new product team.

🤩 About You

As a Software Team Lead, you will thrive in being at the intersection of hands-on development and people leadership. Holding a proven a Software Engineering background with recent experience in technical line management, you'll enjoy building high-quality software while guiding engineers, shaping technical direction, and driving successful project delivery. You will play a key role in creating clarity of goals, enabling cross-team collaboration, and ensuring engineering initiatives are delivered efficiently and at a high standard.

🔧 What You’ll Do

• Lead and coordinate an engineering team through regular syncs, clear prioritisation, and a strong delivery rhythm.
• Balance hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities in a supervisory, player-coach role.
• Mentor and develop engineers through regular 1:1s, constructive feedback, and career guidance.
• Drive technical excellence through code reviews, architectural input, and best practices in deployment and production support.
• Own project delivery by defining timelines, breaking down work, and managing competing priorities.
• Remove blockers and proactively solve problems to keep the team focused and productive.
• Collaborate closely with Product and stakeholders to align priorities, communicate progress, and manage expectations.
• Champion documentation and knowledge sharing to strengthen team effectiveness and long-term success.

🧠 Tech Environment

• Backend: Ruby on Rails, REST, Kafka
• Frontend: React.js, TypeScript/JavaScript, GraphQL
• Testing: RSpec, TDD
• CI/CD: Argo, Docker, Terraform
• Infrastructure: AWS (including S3, RDS, ECS)

(You don't need to know 100% of the tech environment to be considered. If you know most then please apply!)

✅ What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of commercial software development experience using Ruby on Rails and React.js.
• 2+ years in a software engineering line management or team-lead role.
• Deep understanding and ability to coach modern software engineering practices (TDD, DDD, Clean Code, OOP etc.).
• Proven ability to balance technical responsibilities (i.e. coding, architectural design) with people leadership.
• Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience mentoring engineers and supporting career growth.

🎁 What’s Offered

• Competitive salary in USD
• Paid vacation
• Flexible working hours
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (U.S. candidates only)
• 401(k) with company match (U.S. candidates only)