Senior Technical Lead
Location: Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Workplace: on_site
Employment Type: full
Description
Role Summary
We are looking for a Senior Technical Lead to lead engineering delivery and technical direction for our product/platform. You will own architecture decisions, guide a team of engineers, ensure high quality releases, and work closely with Product, QA, and DevOps to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years leading teams or acting as a technical owner.
- Strong knowledge of backend engineering concepts: APIs, databases, caching, security, and system design.
- Solid experience with at least one modern backend framework (e.g., Node.js, Django, Spring, .NET, etc.).
- Strong SQL/relational database skills (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and data modeling experience.
- Experience with cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure) and production deployments.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code quality tools, and release processes.
- Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ruby on Rails development experience (building APIs, background jobs, ActiveRecord performance tuning).
- Experience with Sidekiq/Redis, background processing, and asynchronous systems.
- Frontend knowledge (React/Vue) and full-stack delivery experience.
- Experience with microservices/event-driven architecture.
- Exposure to security/compliance needs (fintech, payments, enterprise).
Nice-to-Have
- Ruby on Rails experience is a plus
Benefits
- Competitive Salary: Commensurate with experience. Paid in GBP with a UK contract.
- Opportunities for high-level professional development and organizational influence.
- Supportive work environment with a focus on work-life balance and employee well-being.
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