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Lendbuzz is building innovative financial technologies to provide underserved borrowers with better access to credit. We're seeking a Platform Engineering Team Lead to build and lead our platform engineering function.
You will split your time between hands-on development (~50%) and team leadership. Your responsibilities include:
- Lead a team of computer science-trained engineers, keeping their vision aligned with management, teaching effective project leadership, and providing excellent support to the broader engineering organization.
- Work with your manager, other engineering managers, and service owners across teams to understand their pain points and prioritize platform initiatives accordingly.
- Build decentralized, contributor-friendly ecosystems using tools like Backstage, CLI tools, microservice templates, self-service platforms, and Helm charts.
- Drive high-impact, multi-team technical initiatives from ideation through delivery by establishing clear technical standards, defining trackable compliance metrics, and securing buy-in from other engineering leaders.
- Lead Kubernetes (K8s) initiatives and research cutting-edge cloud-native technologies.
You'll be working in a culture that values product ownership, collaborative architectural planning, and building wins for both your resume and the company. You'll collaborate with smart, dynamic people building something unique in fintech.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Computer Science degree from a leading university
- 5+ years of software development experience
- 2+ years developing applications on Kubernetes using HELM, Kustomize, Crossplane, CDK, or similar tools
- Strong understanding of platform engineering concepts
- Strong backend development skills in modern languages: TypeScript, Python with Asyncio, Go, Rust, Modern C#, or Kotlin
- Proficiency with Claude/Codex, including writing skills, system prompts, and delivering features across multiple repositories
PREFERRED:
- Production experience running services on Kubernetes
- Proven experience writing design documents, presenting to engineering leaders, and answering hard technical questions in fluent English
- Experience writing and maintaining internal tools that impact developer experience (Backstage/Port, internal CLI tools, microservice templates, infra-related libraries, agentic flows, AI skills)
- Experience working with open-source Kubernetes charts such as Keycloak, Debezium, Airflow, Temporal, feature flag systems, or LangSmith
