Job Title: Tech Lead

Location: Remote

Department: Technology

Reports to: Chief Technology Officer

About Us:

BriteCap Financial is a leading financial technology company dedicated to providing innovative lending solutions to small businesses since 2003. We specialize in helping small businesses nationwide thrive by offering tailored financing products and exceptional customer service. Our team is committed to fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment where individuals can grow and succeed.

Position Overview

We are seeking a Technical Lead, Platform to lead the design, development, and evolution of our backend platform services. This role is responsible for building and scaling Python-based services and APIs, driving architecture decisions, and leading a team of engineers delivering high-quality, production-grade platform capabilities.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Python expert who combines deep backend expertise with strong leadership and a product-driven mindset.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Own the architecture and design of Python-based backend services and APIs
• Drive decisions on scalable, secure, and high-performance Python systems
• Translate high-level business requirements into scalable technical architecture and system design

Execution & Delivery

• Lead engineers building high-performance backend services in Python
• Ensure delivery of scalable, maintainable Python code in production
• Partner closely with Product, Operations, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical deliverables
• Drive operational excellence including monitoring, debugging, and system reliability

Platform & Architecture

• Design and evolve Python-based microservices architecture
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs using Python frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI)
• Design event-driven systems and scalable backend services
• Ensure extensibility, performance, and system reliability

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor engineers in advanced Python development and system design
• Conduct code reviews emphasizing Python best practices
• Elevate engineering standards and backend architecture quality
• Foster ownership, accountability, and product-driven engineering mindset

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience with Python as the primary language
• Expert-level proficiency building production-grade Python services
• Strong experience with Python frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI)
• Proven experience building scalable APIs and distributed systems in Python
• Strong database design, SQL optimization, and data modeling experience
• Experience deploying and operating Python systems on AWS (EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3)
• Experience with ORMs such as SQLAlchemy and Python data access patterns
• Proven experience leading backend teams using Python
• Strong ability to define and execute Python-first technical strategy
• Track record of mentoring engineers and improving system quality

Skills/Attributes:

• Expert-level Python development for backend services, APIs, and microservices
• Strong experience with Django, Flask, or FastAPI frameworks
• Proven ability to design scalable, high-performance, and reliable distributed systems
• Solid understanding of data modeling, SQL optimization, and ORM usage (e.g., SQLAlchemy)
• Experience building and operating cloud-based systems, preferably on AWS
• Strong grasp of observability, monitoring, and system performance tuning
• Ability to design secure, extensible, and maintainable platform architectures
• Experience with microservices and event-driven design patterns
• Strong API design and integration expertise
• Balances scalability, reliability, and cost in technical decisions
• Proven track record leading and mentoring engineering teams
• Drives code quality, best practices, and engineering standards
• Effective in cross-functional collaboration with product and data teams
• Fosters accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Delivers high-quality, production-ready systems in fast-paced environments
• Translates business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Drives technical roadmaps aligned to product and organizational goals
• Focused on reliability, operational excellence, and continuous delivery
• Product-oriented with a focus on delivering business impact
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Pragmatic, results-driven, and adaptable
• Committed to continuous learning and innovation