Software Team Lead

Job Description

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 experiencedSoftware Team Leadto technically lead & line-manage a new product team.

About You

As a Software Team Lead you will thrive in being at the intersection ofhands-on development and people leadership. Holding a proven a Software Engineering background with recent experience in technical line management youll 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 Youll 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: TypeScript/JavaScript GraphQL
• Testing:RSpec TDD
• CI/CD:Argo Docker Terraform
• Infrastructure:AWS (including S3 RDS ECS)

(You dont need to know 100% of the tech environment to be considered. If you know most then please apply!)

What Were Looking For

• 7 years of commercial software development experience usingRuby on Rails and .
• 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.

Whats 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)