Lead Software Engineer at CRNCY Group

Belize City, Belize District, Belize -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

28 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

30 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, JavaScript, TypeScript, Cloud Computing, Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, Postgres, MongoDB, BigQuery, Kafka, React, Next.js, GraphQL, Systems Thinking, Communication

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Lead Software Engineer – CRNCY Group Location: Belize City, Belize (Remote across Latin America & the Caribbean considered) Company: CRNCY Group At CRNCY Group, we’re building the future of financial services in the Caribbean. As a fast-growing fintech, we’re reimagining lending and digital banking experiences for underserved markets. We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer who will play a pivotal role in shaping our technology, guiding our team, and building scalable systems that impact real lives. What You’ll Do Lead by example: Drive technical design and architecture decisions across multiple platforms, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and long-term impact. Guide delivery: Partner with product and operations to translate business needs into technically sound solutions, shaping roadmap priorities and sequencing work. Mentor & grow the team: Provide technical leadership and foster best practices in coding, documentation, and testing. Be hands-on when it matters: Balance leadership with direct contribution to high-impact code, especially in critical areas. Communicate with clarity: Make complex technical trade-offs understandable to both engineers and business stakeholders. Our Tech Stack Full-stack JavaScript/TypeScript Cloud-native deployments on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform Postgres, MongoDB, BigQuery for data Kafka for event streaming React / Next.js front-end GraphQL experience preferred Deep GCP expertise is a strong plus What We’re Looking For 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience across the full SDLC (planning, coding, testing, deploying). Prior leadership experience — whether leading distributed teams, owning major projects, or mentoring others. A well-rounded background across startups and/or enterprise environments. Strong systems thinker who can weigh short-term pragmatism with long-term impact. Excellent communicator with high EQ, assertiveness, and the ability to energize a team. Thrives in a fast-moving, startup environment where ambiguity is part of the challenge. Why Join Us? CRNCY Group is more than a fintech — we’re building financial access and empowerment in markets that need it most. As Lead Software Engineer, you’ll not just ship code — you’ll shape the future of how communities across the Caribbean access credit and financial services.

Responsibilities

Lead technical design and architecture decisions while guiding the team to deliver technically sound solutions. Mentor team members and contribute to high-impact code in critical areas.