Technical Lead

About Juniper Square

Our mission is to unlock the full potential of private markets. Privately owned assets like commercial real estate, private equity, and venture capital make up half of our financial ecosystem yet remain inaccessible to most people. We are digitizing these markets, and as a result, bringing efficiency, transparency, and access to one of the most productive corners of our financial ecosystem. If you care about making the world a better place by making markets work better through technology all while contributing as a member of a values-driven organization we want to hear from you.

Juniper Square offers employees a variety of ways to work, ranging from a fully remote experience to working full-time in one of our physical offices. We invest heavily in digital-first operations, allowing our teams to collaborate effectively across 27 U.S. states, 2 Canadian Provinces, India, Luxembourg, and England. We also have physical offices in San Francisco, New York City, Mumbai and Bangalore for employees who prefer to work in an office some or all of the time.

About your role

As a Technical Lead for the Accounting Software team, you will drive the team's technical direction and play a pivotal role in designing and architecting Accounting Software systems. This role involves mentoring team members, solving complex technical challenges, and delivering hands-on contributions as a full-stack leader. You will work closely with engineers and cross-functional partners in product, design, and quality assurance to expand system capabilities. Your leadership will be instrumental in achieving the team's objectives and advancing our technical vision.

What you'll do

• Lead design activities for API management and a portfolio of enterprise services
• Enhance, build, and deliver enterprise-grade API products in a secure, stable, and scalable way
• Partner across multiple business functions and technical areas
• Contribute to large-scale, complex projects, and execute development tasks through completion.
• Own monitoring, diagnosing, and resolving production issues.
• Design and architect complex systems with the team, actively participating in design reviews.
• Lead and mentor a team of junior developers, fostering their growth and development.
• Ensure high quality in team deliverables through guidance, code reviews, and setting best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (Product, UX, QA) to ensure the team meets project timelines.
• Perform code reviews to uphold high quality and standards across codebases.
• Provide technical support for stakeholder groups, including Customer Success.
• Work closely with QA to maintain software quality and increase automation coverage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• 7 to 10 years of experience building, integration, security, and architecture.
• Previous experience of building enterprise-grade API will be a plus.
• Previous experience of leading a team will be a plus.
• Expertise in object-oriented programming (OOP) such as Python, Java or similar server-side web application development languages.
• Experience with front end technologies like React, CSS frameworks, HTML and Javascript
• Experience with Relational Databases like Postgres, MySQL
• Experience with SQL database schema design and query optimization
• Experience with Cloud technologies (AWS preferred) and Container technologies (Docker and k8s)
• Experience with GraphQL and Apollo Server is a plus but not required
• You must be flexible and adaptableyou will be operating in a fast-paced startup environment

At Juniper Square, we believe building a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture makes us a better company. If you think this job sounds like a fit, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the qualifications.