Lead Engineer (Nearshore)

Lead Engineer (Nearshore)

About the role

This is a Nearshore Tech Lead position within an established auto lender. You'll be working in a startup-like environment, architecting, building, and operating full-stack services and user experiences powering loan origination, decisioning, and servicing on our new Flagship Platform.

Responsibilities

• Design & Development: Architect, build, and operate full-stack services and user experiences. Ship features end-to-end: Next.js frontend, C#/.NET backend, PostgreSQL, and AWS ECS infrastructure.
• API & Platform Integration: Lead integrations with credit bureaus, dealer systems, fraud and verification providers, and third-party partners. Extend and customize the DEFI Solutions loan origination platform.
• Technical Leadership: Own the technical direction for the nearshore squad, run design reviews, provide technical guidance, and onboard engineers joining after you. Serve as the bridge between the nearshore delivery squad and US-based stakeholders.
• Engineering Practices: Set the standard for testing, observability, security, and CI/CD across the team. Lead by example on AI-assisted development and collaborate directly with Product, Design, and business stakeholders.

Requirements

• Must-Haves:
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with a proven lead or senior IC track record.
• Expert-level C#/.NET backend and React/Next.js frontend.
• Strong PostgreSQL, RESTful API design, and SQL Server/T-SQL.
• Hands-on AWS experience — ECS, EKS, Fargate, Docker.
• Experience integrating with multiple vendor systems (bureaus, dealer systems, etc.).
• Daily AI tooling proficiency — you're setting the standard for the team.
• Strong English communication for daily standups and US stakeholder collaboration.
• Nice-to-Haves:
• DEFI Solutions or equivalent commercial Loan Origination System experience.
• Auto finance, lending, or regulated-industry background.
• Event-driven architecture and AWS messaging (SNS, SQS, EventBridge, Kafka).
• ML-driven decisioning or underwriting model integration experience.
• Experience leading distributed or nearshore teams.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field.

Skills

• Full-stack development skills.
• Experience with AWS services.
• RESTful API design.
• SQL Server/T-SQL.
• Event-driven architecture.
• ML-driven decisioning or underwriting model integration.
• Experience leading distributed or nearshore teams.

Benefits

• Fully remote — no travel required.
• Standups at 9:30am CST — Mexico timezone friendly.
• Team offsite every 6 months (Phoenix or East/West Coast).
• Mexico-based role — no visa or work authorization requirements.

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Fully remote.