Lead Software Engineer ( Purchas Core)

At Sunbit, we're building financial technology that puts people first. By combining intelligent decisioning with a personalized, transparent approach, we help consumers access the payment options that are right for them while empowering merchants to build stronger customer relationships.

Engineering is at the heart of how we make that happen. We build scalable distributed systems, cloud-native services, intelligent data platforms, and AI-powered solutions that enable real-time financial decisions at scale. By leveraging modern engineering practices and integrating AI into both our products and development workflows, we solve complex technical challenges, accelerate innovation, and continuously improve the way we build software. Every service, model, and architectural decision we make directly impacts our products, our customers, and the future of financial technology.

What You’ll Do:

Sunbit is seeking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our Purchase Squad. This team is at the heart of our company's operations, responsible for developing and maintaining our core loan application system. This role will be involved in complex system architecture, providing unique challenges that demand a strong passion for architecture, outstanding coding skills, and a continuous learning mindset.

Key Responsibilities:

Contribute to the development of our core loan application system, ensuring high-quality products and services.

Solve complex architectural problems, utilizing your deep understanding of system architecture.

Collaborate with other team members, sharing your expertise and facilitating a culture of learning.

Maintain our system architecture, ensuring smooth operation and quality user experience.

Be an advocate for clean, efficient, and maintainable code.

Provide mentorship to junior team members, nurturing their growth and development.

Requirements

• Proficiency in modern system architecture with large-scale and high performance.
• Strong problem-solving skills, capable of meeting technical challenges head-on.
• Proven ability to mentor junior developers, guiding them to reach their full potential.
• A passion for learning, constantly staying up to date with industry trends and technology advancements.
• Resourceful, self-motivated, and capable of working independently.
• Experience with AI tools and a strong interest in continuously exploring and applying them in everyday work are highly valued.
• B.Sc in computer science or equivalent.
• Fluent English

Preferred Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering, focusing on system architecture.
• Experience with software development in Kotlin or Java.
• Prior experience in a fintech company is highly desirable.
• Experience with a microservices architecture
• Experience with AWS.
• Experience with Spring framework.
• Experience with event streaming systems.
• Experience in Data mesh.
• Experience in payment processing or other financial services.

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