Team Lead, Fermat Commerce

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, including 1+ years in managing a team
• Proficient in Go, Python, or other modern backend languages
• Strong understanding of distributed systems design and scaling microservices
• Deep knowledge of API design principles and best practices
• Familiarity with data warehouses and other storage systems (relational databases, key-value stores, cloud buckets, etc.)
• Comfortable discussing and debating strategic engineering and product decisions
• Thrive in ambiguity and rapid change
• Energized by startup momentum and take ownership in transforming complex challenges into elegant solutions

Desirable

• As a Team Lead on our Platform team, you will lead and manage the team building the foundational infrastructure that powers our entire commerce ecosystem
• You'll play a pivotal role in transforming our platform architecture to support rapid scaling, owning the core systems that serve our external users (agencies, brand partners, and self-serve customers) while enabling internal teams to build and ship features with greater speed and confidence
• At this exciting inflection point, you'll help scale our backend platform to support an order of magnitude increase in brands, usage, and products
• Your work will directly impact every engineering team at FERMÀT as they interact with and leverage the platform you build
• You'll strike the perfect balance between shipping new capabilities quickly and establishing sustainable infrastructure that can handle our ambitious growth plans
• This is a unique opportunity to shape the technical direction of our platform while creating intuitive, self-serve functionality that allows our customers to scale their experimental operations with minimal friction
• Design and implement scalable backend services powering our AI-driven personalization engine
• Manage and grow a small team of 4 engineers, ensuring both velocity and quality
• Architect robust solutions across our platform stack—including cart functionality, checkout flows, and offer management
• Collaborate with product teams to transform manual processes into self-serve capabilities
• Coach engineers to maximize their impact and growth
• Partner with internal stakeholders and customer-facing teams to ship critical features