[Hiring] Squad Lead @SD Solutions

Role Description

On behalf of Sunbit, SD Solutions is looking for a talented Squad Lead. As a Squad Lead, you will be responsible for the team's technical leadership, domain design, and day-to-day execution. You will collaborate closely with product managers and business stakeholders to define priorities and deliver impactful solutions that align with key business goals. We are looking for someone who can drive end-to-end ownership, balance business needs with strong engineering practices, and help shape the direction of our products.

• Technical Architecture: Lead the technical architecture and system design for core products and services within your domain.
• Team Leadership: Guide a multidisciplinary squad of frontend, backend, and data engineers through implementation, delivery, and iteration.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product managers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Strategic Alignment: Ensure development aligns with business objectives, long-term system health, and team's engineering standards.
• Quality: Conduct and lead design reviews, code reviews, and performance optimization efforts.
• Culture Building: Drive a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee system reliability, monitoring, and incident response within your domain.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of leadership experience, guiding engineering teams and making architectural decisions
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on scalable architecture and system design
• Very strong backend expertise: Kotlin/Java preferred stack; .NET acceptable (requires learning curve); Python possible
• Proficiency in modern system architecture with large-scale and high performance
• Impact driven—use data to make sure every task moves the needle and utilize your resources to maximize the team's impact
• Team player with strong communication skills and someone who thrives working in a fast-paced environment
• Creative, solution-oriented, and able to maintain a ‘can do’ attitude, with the ability to work efficiently under pressure and uncertainty
• Adapt quickly to changing business needs
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems
• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent
• Fluent in English

Requirements

• Experience with software development in Kotlin or Java
• Experience with Front End technologies
• Experience with mobile technologies
• Leading a multidisciplinary team
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Solid understanding of AWS or similar cloud platforms
• Expertise in the Spring Framework
• Proficient in both relational (e.g., MySQL) and non-relational databases (e.g., MongoDB)
• Familiarity with message queue technologies such as Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ, or similar
• Experience with AI development tools like Cursor and Claude Code

Company Description

Sunbit builds financial technology for real life. Our technology eases the stress of paying for life’s expenses by giving people more options on how and when they pay. Founded in 2016, NDA, FinTech offers a next-generation, no-fee credit card that can be managed through a powerful mobile app, as well as a point-of-sale payment option available at more than 25,000 service locations, including auto dealership service centers, optical practices, dentist offices, veterinary clinics, and specialty healthcare services.