Tech Lead (Retail)

IT Talent Hunter | HR Digital | Telco, ex-Startup, ex-Big4

The position reports to the Head of Engineering.

Job Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Tech Lead to join our growing retail IT team at TIME. This is a pivotal leadership role focused on designing the solution architecture for our entire platform and overseeing the development and reliability of all horizontal services (e.g., authentication, payments, logging, internal tools).

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise in Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, and distributed systems. You will be a "player-coach" who not only defines the technical roadmap and mentors a team of backend engineers but also remains hands‑on, setting the standard for system design, scalability, and code quality. You will be the key technical authority for our core platform, ensuring all services are resilient, scalable, and built to a common high standard.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural design of new, complex backend systems and services, ensuring they align with the long‑term technical vision.
• Create and maintain high‑level system design documents, diagrams (e.g., sequence diagram, ERD), and technical roadmaps.
• Evaluate and select new technologies, frameworks, and patterns to solve complex problems and ensure our stack remains modern and scalable.
• Conduct architectural reviews and engineering specification review sessions for projects led by other engineers.
• Oversee the entire lifecycle (design, development, deployment, reliability) of all horizontal, cross‑cutting services (e.g., identity, payments, messaging, logging, service‑to‑service communication).
• Define and enforce technical standards, SLAs, and SLOs for these core services to ensure high availability and performance.
• Drive standardization and best practices across services (e.g., logging formats, auth patterns) to ensure consistency and reduce duplicated effort.
• Act as the primary technical liaison for your domain, communicating complex ideas and risks to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Requirements

Technical Skills

Soft Skills

Added Advantage

Our Commitment to You

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Industries

Telecommunications

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