Technical Team Lead

Project description

We are looking for an experienced Technical Team Lead to lead the design and delivery of a modern analytics and valuation platform used in Private Equity and financial valuations.

You will combine hands-on engineering, technical leadership, and domain-driven design to build scalable, data-intensive solutions that support complex ownership structures, valuation models, and investment analytics.

This is a key role bridging engineering excellence and financial domain expertise, working closely with product, valuation professionals, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership:

Lead a cross-functional engineering team (backend, frontend, data)

Own system architecture and technical design decisions

Set engineering standards: code quality, performance, security, and scalability

Mentor engineers and perform technical reviews

Drive best practices in CI/CD, testing, and observability

Hands-On Development:

Design and implement backend services using Java and Python

Design and optimize Graph Database models to represent complex ownership, fund, and valuation relationships

Ensure high performance querying and analytics over interconnected financial data

Collaborate on API design (REST / GraphQL)

Domain & Stakeholder Collaboration:

Work closely with Private Equity and Valuation experts, Business Analysts and SME's to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Participate in data modeling for:

Ownership structures

Financial instruments

Valuation methodologies

Support data accuracy, transparency, and auditability

Must have

Technical:

10+ years of hands-on experience in Java development.

4+ years experience managing development teams on a Team Lead position

4+ years experience coding in Python.

Proven expertise with Graph Databases (Cypher, Gremlin, graph modeling, traversal algorithms).

Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases

Strong grasp of software architecture patterns

proven People Management experience.

Experience working with cloud environments (AWS).

Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern software engineering practices.

Leadership:

Proven experience leading engineering teams

Ability to balance hands-on development with leadership responsibilities

Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Business:

Experience in Private Equity, Asset Management, Valuations, or Financial Analytics

Knowledge of financial modeling or valuation concepts (DCF, multiples, NAV)