Backend Team Lead

🔥 BACKEND TEAM LEAD (GO) | FINTECH 📍 Cyprus | Relocation ✈️ Flights + 2 weeks accommodation + visa support We’re hiring a hands‑on Backend Team Lead to lead a team of 6–8 Go engineers and build high‑load payment infrastructure used for real‑time transaction processing. 💻 Your responsibilities: • Lead backend architecture and technical delivery • Build scalable microservices & event‑driven systems • Review code and stay hands‑on with Go development • Improve performance, reliability & observability • Lead production incidents and technical investigations • Mentor engineers and participate in hiring • Drive AI‑assisted development across the team 🔑 Requirements: • Strong Go/Golang background • Previous Team Lead / Tech Lead experience • Distributed systems & microservices • PostgreSQL: transactions, indexing, optimization • NATS / Kafka / RabbitMQ • High‑load, business‑critical production systems • CI/CD, monitoring, testing & troubleshooting • FinTech / payments / PSP / acquiring experience • Knowledge of settlements, reconciliation, refunds & chargebacks • Practical experience with AI coding assistants / AI agents ⭐ Nice to have: ClickHouse, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, PCI DSS. 🎯 Role split: ~60% technical leadership & delivery + ~40% hands‑on engineering. 🌍 International fintech environment 📈 Career & professional growth 🤝 Direct communication with senior management ⚡ Fast decision‑making 📩 Interested? DM me or send your CV.