Tech Lead / Architect
Farel is a San Francisco-based startup revolutionizing how airlines manage inventory and sales with our cutting-edge SaaS platform. We’ve raised over $4M from top-tier Silicon Valley investors, including Y Combinator (the launchpad for companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, and Coinbase). Our previous team successfully built an online travel agency (OTA) that was acquired by a publicly-traded company. With a diverse and dynamic global team across the US, Georgia, Turkiye, Kazakhstan, Brazil, and Mexico, we are ambitiously pushing the boundaries of the aviation industry.
We are looking for a Tech Lead/Architect to join our growing team and help bridge the gap between business requirements and technical execution. In this role, you will ensure that our system architecture is cohesive, scalable, and aligned with business objectives. You will take ownership of the technical vision, work closely with business and engineering teams, and provide leadership in making key decisions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, review, and approve architectural solutions for new and existing features, ensuring seamless integration and scalability across the platform
- Act as a bridge between product managers and developers, ensuring business requirements are effectively translated into technical implementations
- Lead discussions on technical challenges and solutions, providing clear guidance to the development team, and making authoritative technical decisions
- Collaborate with product managers and developers to define technical project roadmaps, aligning them with business goals and ensuring efficient resource utilization
- Establish and promote software engineering best practices for code quality, security, and system performance, with a focus on sustainable long-term architecture
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to backend and frontend developers, helping them grow their skills and ensure alignment with the overall architecture
- Maintain a high-level view of the project, identifying potential bottlenecks and areas for improvement, and ensure that all technical decisions contribute to the broader business strategy
Qualifications:
- 6+ years of experience in software architecture, solution design, or technical leadership roles
- Deep technical knowledge of Spring, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Angular, Azure, Kubernetes, and GitLab. Proven experience translating business requirements into robust technical solutions
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- A passion for solving technical challenges while understanding the broader business context.
Additional Skills:
- Experience working with cross-functional teams in a startup environment.
- Ability to make high-stakes decisions and take responsibility for their outcomes.
- Understanding of BPMN and workflow design, a plus.