Team Lead, Engineering

We believe the financial markets can and should work for everyone. Capitolis is the technology company helping to create safer and more vibrant financial markets by unlocking capital constraints and enabling greater access to more diversified capital and investment opportunities. Rooted in advanced technology and deep financial expertise, Capitolis powers groundbreaking financial solutions that drive growth for global and regional banks – and institutional investors alike. Capitolis is backed by world class venture capital firms, including Canapi Ventures, 9Yards Capital, SVB Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, and S Capital, as well as leading global banks such as Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered, State Street and UBS.

Founded in 2017, our team brings decades of experience in launching successful startups, technology, and financial services. Capitolis was recognized on the Inc. 2024 Best in Business list in the Financial Services and Innovation & Technology categories, and honored for the third consecutive year in the 2025 Euromoney Foreign Exchange Awards. The company has been included on CNBC's World's Top Fintech Companies list for the past three years, Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 list in consecutive years and was named to Fast Company's prestigious annual list of The World's Most Innovative Companies for 2023. American Banker recognized Capitolis among the Best Places to Work in Fintech, and the company was named by Crain's New York Business as one of New York City's Best Places to Work in 2025 for the fourth consecutive year. For more information, please visit our website at www.capitolis.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of software developers in the design, development, testing, and deployment of Capitolis' Capital Marketplace products
• Collaborate with Product Designers, Product Managers, and other Team Leaders to plan, nurture, and implement an efficient and effective development process
• Architect high quality, efficient and reusable back-end systems
• Lead the front end side of the product, work with designer and give feedback on the product design and usability
• Mentor team members in the technical aspects of their work
• Empower and coach the Development team, organizing their work, setting goals, and making sure they are engaged
• Recruit talented developers to Capitolis
• See the big picture of group tasks and make decisions
• Be at least an 80% hands-on developer as part of the team
• Influence the Engineering team by interacting with stakeholders outside the team
• Proven ability to work autonomously and drive tasks forward
  
  

Requirements

• Extensive expertise in the Capital Markets domain, including derivatives, securities, order management systems, and portfolio management systems.
• 5 years of experience in Java server-side development.
• Proficient with the following technologies: Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL
• AWS cloud services
• Microservices
• 2 years leading software development teams (3-6 developers)
• Experience with web development stack, preferably react and Node.js
• Strong knowledge of software design and a passion for creating high-standard code
• Experience in building complex, large-scale software solutions from scratch to live production
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and drive people
• Strong analytical skills
• Self-starter, fast learner, can-do attitude with strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent English communication skills – both spoken and written
• B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, SW Engineering or equivalent (M.Sc. is an advantage)
  
  

The target annual base salary range for this position is $220,000 – $230,000 and is dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, job-related experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skills. In addition to base salary, the compensation package for this role includes an annual discretionary bonus and company equity. This role is also eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits and perks.

Our Company Values

We operate with a clear set of values that guide us — our way of being, decisions, and actions. These values define who we are, and we are committed to all of them. These values are uniquely ours. If these values — all of them — speak to you, this is an amazing place, but we are not for everyone. Learn more about our Company Values here.

• We lead with purpose, while creating exceptional value
• We pursue big breakthroughs, responsibly
• We learn from the best and are unapologetically independent
• We are obsessed with the future and fanatical about executing today
• We play tough, with heart
  
  

Our People Attributes

Our People Attributes are characteristics that describe the DNA of Capitolis employees. They provide a consistent framework to hire, assess, and develop our team against. Learn more about our People Attributes on our careers page here.

• Super Smart: quality thinking and know what good looks like
• Badass: all in, get stuff done, and high standards
• Good Human: collaborative, open-minded, authentic and real, and pursue self-actualization