We are looking for a Developer Lead (Full-Stack) who is highly hands-on and takes full ownership of delivery.
You design, build, and ship key features end-to-end with speed, accountability and minimal overhead. No endless alignment, no slow “ping-pong” cycles. Your work drives real product impact and moves the platform forward.
You’ll lead by doing: making strong technical decisions, simplifying complexity, and ensuring our engineering execution is fast, predictable, and high-quality.
your role at xpate:
Design and implement event-driven, serverless workflows on AWS (Lambda-first approach).
Integrate with acquiring and banking rails, external payment providers, and internal systems.
Optimise our stack for lower cost, lower latency, higher stability, and faster releases.
Reduce technical debt while improving reliability, observability, and security.
Contribute across the full stack: Node.js/TypeScript, Lambdas, DynamoDB, Aurora, JS/TS frontends.
Lead end-to-end execution: architecture → implementation → code reviews → release → monitoring → iteration.
Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and business teams to deliver high-impact solutions.
Mentor the team, support clear engineering standards, and drive systematic quality improvements.
we’re ready to meet you, if…
You have 3+ years of experience as a Lead Engineer (or similar high-ownership role).
You’re strong across backend and frontend — confident designing and shipping complex systems.
You have deep, production-grade AWS serverless experience and a clear system design mindset.
You use AI tools daily to speed up development, reduce routine work and improve outcomes.
You can break down complex integrations and deliver clean, maintainable architectures.
You make decisions with clarity, take ownership, and consistently raise engineering quality.
You’re comfortable in an English-speaking environment.
Nice to have: Go experience — or willingness to adopt it as parts of the platform evolve.
what working at xpate looks like:
You’ll help shape our technical direction, improve core systems, and build infrastructure that scales with global payment flows. Your work will directly influence performance, growth, and customer success, in a team that moves fast and values action over bureaucracy.
why join xpate?
We’re building the financial backbone of the future, where payments move freely and businesses thrive without barriers. If you want real impact, freedom to innovate, and work that drives change - xpate is the place for you.
