As our first Tech Lead in the US, you'll serve as the technical anchor for our New York engineering team. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on technical execution, mentorship, and helping engineers deliver high-quality software.
You'll work alongside a growing team of engineers, providing technical guidance, conducting code reviews, helping unblock complex challenges, and driving sound engineering decisions. While this is not a people management role, you'll play an important part in helping the team grow by raising the technical bar and supporting less experienced engineers through day-to-day collaboration.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building products, solving difficult technical problems, and helping a team move faster through strong technical leadership and execution.
What You'll Do- Design, build, and ship high-quality software across Breeze's products and platform.
- Act as the technical point of contact for the US engineering team, helping drive execution and technical decision-making.
- Conduct thorough code reviews and provide actionable feedback that improves code quality and engineering standards.
- Help unblock engineers by providing guidance on architecture, implementation, debugging, and system design challenges.
- Partner closely with Product and Design to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Lead technical design discussions and help evaluate trade-offs between speed, scalability, and maintainability.
- Mentor and support junior engineers through pairing, technical coaching, and knowledge sharing.
- Drive engineering best practices across testing, observability, reliability, and software development workflows.
- Collaborate closely with global engineering teams to ensure alignment and consistency across projects.
- Take ownership of complex technical initiatives from design through production deployment.
What We're Looking For- 7+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production systems.
- Previous experience operating as a Tech Lead, Senior Engineer, Staff Engineer, or similar senior technical individual contributor.
- Strong software architecture and system design experience.
- Proven ability to guide technical decisions and influence engineering outcomes without formal management authority.
- Extensive experience conducting code reviews and mentoring engineers.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate ambiguity in fast-moving startup environments.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Passion for building high-quality products and helping teams succeed.
Nice to Have- Experience in fintech, payments, crypto, or other highly regulated industries.
- Experience mentoring and supporting early-career engineers.
- Experience working in startup or high-growth environments.
- Experience working across distributed engineering organizations.
- Experience building scalable backend systems and developer infrastructure.
Our CultureFast-paced and dynamic - We move quickly and adapt as the business evolves.
Builder's mindset - We value ownership, initiative, and people who want to create impact.
Highly collaborative - Engineering, Product, Operations, Compliance, and GTM teams work closely together.
Continuous learning - We challenge assumptions, share knowledge, and continuously improve.
Why Join Us- Competitive salary + equity
- Hybrid work environment based in New York City (3+ days per week in office)
- 21 days PTO
- Flexible benefits including medical allowance, productivity allowance, and wellness reimbursement
- Annual company retreat
- Opportunity to have significant technical impact at a rapidly growing company backed by Sequoia Capital
- Work alongside a high-performing global team building the future of payments
Apply now and help us build the future of payments at a global scale!
