Technical Lead

ABOUT THE ROLE

Trafasa is building a B2B procurement and marketplace platform for SMEs businesses that still manage purchasing through WhatsApp groups and Excel sheets. We're changing that with intelligent workflows, vendor portals, and an integrated marketplace. This is a founding-team role. You'll own the technical architecture, write production code, make infrastructure decisions, and contribute to product strategy. You won't be handed a ticket queue you'll help decide what gets built and why. RESPONSIBILITIES

Design and own the technical architecture of the platform end-to-end

Build, extend, and maintain our custom Frappe/ERPNext application procurement workflows, RFQ management, vendor portals, and marketplace features

Set up and manage production infrastructure Docker, multi-tenant Frappe sites, CI/CD pipelines, backups, monitoring

Integrate AI capabilities into the platform intelligent document processing, vendor matching, smart approvals

Work directly with the founder on product decisions you have a voice, not just a task list

Evaluate third-party integrations vs. custom builds and defend your recommendations

Define engineering standards, code review processes, and deployment practices from scratch

Onboard and mentor developers as the team grows

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

4+ years of hands-on Frappe Framework / ERPNext development custom apps, DocTypes, Server Scripts, Webhooks, Portal development

Strong Python you write clean, production-grade backend code

Real production deployments Docker, Nginx, Supervisor, Redis, MariaDB. Not just local bench setups

Deep understanding of Frappe permissions, multi-tenancy, and workflow architecture

Experience with REST API design and third-party integrations (payment gateways, communication APIs, ERPs)

Comfortable with Linux you can debug a failing systemd service or trace a slow SQL query without Googling every step

GOOD TO HAVE

Experience with Typesense, Elasticsearch, or similar search engines integrated into Frappe

Working knowledge of LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) and prompt engineering for business workflows

Kubernetes or container orchestration experience

Procurement domain knowledge RFQ, PO, GRN, 3-way matching, vendor management

Experience building B2B portals or marketplace products

Contributions to open source projects (Frappe ecosystem or otherwise)

WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR

Beyond the tech stack, we care about how you think and work:

You are genuinely excited about AI not because it's on every job posting right now, but because you're already using it to move faster and build smarter

You live in the open source world you follow Frappe releases, contribute to discussions, and know what changed in the last major version

You can switch contexts technical architect in the morning, product thinker in the afternoon, DevOps firefighter if needed

You prefer asking "should we build this at all?" before "how do we build this?"

You are comfortable being the most senior technical person in the room and making calls without consensus

WHAT YOU GET

Full technical ownership the architecture is yours to define

Direct access to the founder no layers, no politics

Competitive compensation + equity discussion for the right person

The chance to build something from zero that solves a real problem for thousands of SMEs

Remote-first with flexibility we care about output, not hours

HOW TO APPLY

Skip the cover letter. Instead, send us:

A brief description of a Frappe project you shipped to production

One thing you would do differently if you built it again

A link to your GitHub or any open source contribution (if available)

Applications that follow this format will be reviewed first. Generic applications will not be considered.