Description
We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Lead to lead the engineering team responsible for bringing Kiwi's credit risk capabilities into our lending products.
Credit decisions depend on multiple systems working together: application services, data and external providers, risk APIs, and machine learning models. This team builds and operates the software that connects those systems and supports decisions throughout the lending lifecycle. Its work has a direct impact on the reliability of our credit application flow and the speed at which we can deliver improvements.
You will lead engineers and remain actively involved in technical design, implementation, code reviews, and production support. You will work closely with Credit Risk and Data Science to integrate validated models into reliable production systems and improve the engineering practices that support their deployment and operation.
Responsibilities
• Lead the Credit Risk engineering team, setting technical direction, planning delivery, mentoring engineers, reviewing code, and contributing hands-on to critical work.
• Design, build, and operate the backend services and APIs that integrate risk capabilities into Kiwi's lending products.
• Improve the reliability of credit decision flows across services and external dependencies, including API contracts, latency, timeouts, failure handling, observability, and incident response.
• Partner with Credit Risk and Data Science to integrate models into production and improve MLOps practices, including deployment automation, versioning, testing, monitoring, and rollback.
• Improve the architecture and maintainability of risk services and integrations, addressing technical debt while supporting the delivery of new risk capabilities.
Requirements
• Experience leading engineers while remaining hands-on with system design, implementation, and production support.
• Strong backend engineering experience with TypeScript and Node.js, including building and opera
📌 Engineering Lead (Colombia)
🏢 KiWi
📍 Colombia