We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer Team Leader for Global-e's core R&D department.

At Global-e, teams are cross-functional and have full ownership of their domain. We aim for continuous delivery, a smooth developer experience, top-tier code, high-quality processes, and an excellent, outcome-driven engineering culture. Looking for a Team Lead to own the technical roadmap and execution of our Finance Domain.

You will lead a high-performing distributed team in a fast-paced e-commerce environment.

You are the bridge between complex financial logic, product aspirations, and engineering excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Drive Execution: Lead a distributed team of 6-10 engineers (distributed team) to deliver high-quality, scalable financial services.
• Strategic Collaboration: Work daily with Product Managers to translate business requirements into technical specs, and with other Team Leads to ensure cross-domain architectural alignment.
• Mentorship & Culture: Build a culture of accountability and high performance. Conduct deep code reviews and drive the adoption of best practices in distributed systems.
• Take full ownership of processes and features, including architectural design, software design, implementation, Testing and observability.
• Develop and implement software development best practices.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure we deliver high-quality, maintainable code
• Mentor Junior and Mid-level engineers and play a significant role in their growth.
• Help to adopt the DevOps culture, own your code approach, and improve observability.

• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams, preferably in a global/distributed setup.
• Deep understanding of Fintech or E-commerce backend systems (Ledgers, Payment , Tax Engines, or Transactional Integrity and Financial reports ).
• Strong background in .NET / C# and distributed architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka/RabbitMQ) and high-throughput microservices.
• Experience with SQL & NoSQL databases at scale.
• Expert at navigating the SDLC in a High-Pace environment, balancing rapid feature delivery with long-term system stability.
• Excellent communication skills in English , mitigation capabilities , ability to context switch.