Full Stack Technical Lead - Vice President / Director

Valitana LLC • Stamford, CT

2d • $170,000 - $210,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Valitana is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Technical Lead (backend-focused) – Vice President / Director to help accelerate technology and business growth within a FinTech, client-facing environment. This role is suited for a hands-on senior engineer and technical leader with strong system-design instincts for data-intensive applications, who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative setting and takes ownership of delivering reliable, scalable, and secure software solutions. The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on technical expertise with the ability to lead, mentor, and influence other developers, while maintaining a strong product- and client-oriented mindset. This individual will play a key role in shaping both the platform and the people building it.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a Full-Stack or Back-End Developer within the FinTech or broader technology space.
• Experience of leading or managing a team of 5-10 engineers, with 2-4 years of direct management experience.
• Experience leading multi-quarter technical initiatives.
• Ability to balance business delivery with long-term platform improvements.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or managing engineers, including providing technical guidance, conducting code reviews, supporting career development, and influencing technical direction.
• Strong proficiency in server-side programming languages and technologies – C#/.Net, ASP.Net Core, Entity Framework, SQL, Python is a plus.
• Experience with web frameworks and technologies – Angular, Javascript, Typescript.
• Strong understanding of agile development methodologies, with experience operating in fast-paced, iterative environments.
• Proven ability to operate as a self-starter and technical leader, balancing hands-on execution with strategic thinking and team collaboration.
• Experience designing, building, or supporting cloud-based architectures; familiarity with cloud-hosted systems (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) is highly desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience or familiarity with financial products, particularly structured products.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to data-intensive, client-facing FinTech applications with a focus on scalability, performance, security, and correctness.
• Own feature areas, services, and components end-to-end—from design and implementation through production support—while guiding other engineers through delivery.
• Own technical design and delivery for a defined domain or service area.
• Ensure delivery meets functional and non-functional requirements.
• Lead technical execution for client-facing initiatives, partnering closely with product, business, and client stakeholders to translate requirements into robust, maintainable solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and day-to-day guidance to engineers, including reviewing work, mentoring team members, and helping raise the technical bar.
• Lead and manage a small team of engineers, supporting career growth and skill development.
• Act as primary technical escalation point for the domain and team.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy within agreed architectural boundaries while helping set technical direction, priorities, and execution plans within the broader engineering organization.
• Uphold and reinforce coding standards, API design, architectural principles, and engineering best practices, contributing to their ongoing evolution.
• Proactively identify technical risks, design trade-offs, and delivery challenges, collaborating with peers and leadership to drive resolution.
• Foster a culture of quality and accountability through thoughtful code reviews, documentation, knowledge sharing, and cross-team collaboration.

Benefits

• Valitana offers a competitive compensation package which includes base salary and an annual performance bonus.
• Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes an employer matched retirement plan, healthcare with medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, and PTO.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level