Full Stack Team Lead (Web Platform)

About The Position

About Us:

We are an innovative Fintech startup revolutionizing the way enterprise fund managers operate. Our web platform provides a rich set of features and handles massive amounts of data, offering flexibility and scalability to meet the complex needs of fund management professionals. As we continue to grow, we are looking for an experienced Web Platform Team Lead to lead our engineering team in building and optimizing our feature-packed, high-scale web application.

Role Overview:

As the Web Platform Team Lead, you will be responsible for architecting and leading the development of our web platform, ensuring its ability to handle high data scale while providing a rich user experience. You’ll work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to develop features that cater to the needs of our enterprise clients. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will guide a team of engineers, contribute directly to the codebase, and shape the future of our platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Full-Stack Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of engineers responsible for both the web application and the Node.js-based gateway service in building, maintaining, and optimizing a highly scalable and feature-rich web platform that serves our enterprise clients.
• Architecting for Scale: Design and implement solutions that ensure our platform can handle massive data volumes while maintaining high performance and flexibility for complex use cases.
• Feature-Rich Development: Lead the development of new features and functionality, ensuring they are seamlessly integrated into the platform while meeting the high standards of flexibility and usability required by enterprise clients.
• Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional teams (product, design, and application) to deliver high-impact, customer-centric features.
• Mentorship: Provide mentorship and coaching to engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and best practices.
• Testing & Reliability: Implement and enforce robust testing practices (unit, integration, and end-to-end testing) to ensure platform reliability at scale.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in web development and apply them to improve our platform.
• Agile Process Management: Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives to ensure smooth project delivery and efficient team collaboration.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of web development experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership or team lead role.
• Proven experience building and scaling enterprise grade web applications that handle large volumes of data and complex workflows.
• Hands-on experience with TypeScript, Node.js and React, with a strong understanding of both frontend and backend development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Relevant certifications or specialized training may also be considered.
• Solid understanding of web performance optimization techniques, particularly for large-scale applications.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and deployment strategies, e.g. CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with security best practices for building secure web applications, especially in highly regulated environments.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with a focus on delivering iterative, high-quality features.
• Previous experience working in the Fintech industry, dealing with sensitive financial data, is a plus.

About FundGuard:

Located in Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Center, FundGuard is the new-generation investment accounting utility for asset managers and their service providers. Our cloud-native, AI-powered operating system and technology platform are transforming investment operations to enable reduced fees and the ability to offer new and innovative products, including crypto-asset services, while scaling for the future.

The company is led by an experienced team with successful exits and has raised more than $150 million, backed by strategic partners including Citi and State Street, and investment firms Blumberg Capital, Key1 Capital, LionBird Ventures, and Team8 among others

We offer an exciting work opportunity where you’ll develop one of the more robust enterprise applications with deep financial engines, while using cutting edge cloud technologies.

We are also delighted to share that we have been selected as one of the “50 Most Promising Israeli Startups for 2023” by Calcalist and as one of the “21 Most Promising Israeli Startups for 2023” by N12.

Explore exciting career opportunities at fundguard.com/careers and follow us on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/fundguard.