Tech Lead

Milient is a SaaS company helping project-driven businesses stay in control of projects, people, resources, and profitability. With 150+ employees and more than 3000 customers across 70 countries, we are the European market leader for project and financial control within the AEC industry. Our R&D organization spans Product Management, Design, and Engineering across Europe and Vietnam, evolving a broad software portfolio in a market rapidly changing through AI and accelerated software delivery. Job Summary As a Tech Lead, you will play a pivotal role in driving the technical vision and strategy across Milient's product ecosystem. You will lead a team of developers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and secure software solutions. Your expertise in Java and AWS will be crucial in modernizing and evolving our applications, enabling greater interoperability across the wider Milient platform.  You will lead a team responsible for one of our established product areas while supporting an ongoing cloud transformation and migration initiative. As this journey progresses, the team's focus will increasingly shift towards developing new modules and capabilities for Milient's common platform, creating exciting opportunities for greenfield development and technical innovation.  You'll be joining at an exciting time, with significant investment in new product development and innovation, giving you the opportunity to shape the next generation of solutions for our customers. Responsibilities Lead the design, hands-on development, and deployment of scalable and high-performance applications using Java and AWS Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of developers, fostering a culture of improvement and innovation Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features Ensure best practices in software development, including code reviews, testing, and documentation Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in Java and AWS Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance Contribute to the architectural decisions and technical roadmap planning across the european organization through our Tech Guild Work closely with product managers and stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions Ensure compliance with security standards and best practices in cloud-based environmentsQualifications Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field 5+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on Java and AWS Experience in leading development teams and driving technical projects to success Deep understanding of Java programming language, frameworks (Spring, Hibernate), and best practices Extensive experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and others Strong knowledge of cloud architecture, microservices, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams Experience with Agile methodologies and tools Bonus Qualifications Experience with a broad range of programming languages and technologies is highly valued. Familiarity with security best practices and regulatory compliance frameworks, such as GDPR, is considered an advantage.  Why Milient? At Milient, we believe great products are built through clarity, collaboration, and thoughtful decision-making and not just shipping more features. You’ll join an ambitious and growing company where Engineering, Product, and Design work closely together to solve meaningful problems and create real impact. We offer a collaborative and inclusive environment where your ideas and experience are valued, along with opportunities to grow as Milient continues to expand. And because work should also be enjoyable, we regularly organize social activities and events across our teams and offices. More about Milient Milient is a SaaS company helping project-driven businesses stay in control of projects, people, time, resources, and profitability. With more than 3000 customers across 40+ countries, we are the market leader in the Nordics for project and financial control within the AEC industry. Today, Milient consists of 130+ employees across the Nordics, the UK, France, Benelux, and Vietnam. Our products are used by architects, engineers, consultants, and other project-based businesses that need operational control across complex delivery environments. We develop software that supports the full operational lifecycle of project-based work — from planning and staffing to time reporting, project execution, invoicing, financial follow-up, and resource management. Our R&D organization consists of Product Management, Design, and Engineering, with 50+ colleagues working across Stockholm, Oslo, Brussels, Nottingham, Harrogate, and Hanoi. Together, we maintain and evolve a broad SaaS portfolio shaped through both organic growth and acquisitions. We are currently adapting both our products and the way we build them to a market changing rapidly through AI, increased software delivery speed, and rising expectations on operational clarity and execution. In this recruitment, we collaborate with Active Search. For more information, contact Fanni Orestav Recruitment Consultant +46738527963 or fanni@active-search.se Due to GDPR regulations and to protect your privacy we unfortunately cannot accept applications by email. To submit your application please follow the link below. You can read more about how we process personal data according to GDPR in https://active-search.se/integritetspolicy/

Capi is building the financial infrastructure for emerging markets trade. Backed by $18M+ from top-tier investors like Creandum, Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and angels from Revolut, Checkout, Stripe, and Remitly, we’re building the financial infrastructure that emerging markets deserve. Our mission is to grow GDP in emerging markets by making the global financial system fairer and more accessible. We’re tackling global trade, making it easier for importers to pay their international suppliers. Our platform enables businesses to expand rapidly, create jobs, and be engines of prosperity for their countries. Our team is made up of approx 100 people across 10 countries; we are a group of a highly-ambitious, get-it-done people, who like to work hard on something that has a tangible impact in the world. And we’re looking for more people to join our team! Take a look through Capi’s mission & values. ROLE OVERVIEW You'll join a small, high-performing team of engineers and product leaders shaping how we scale our platform and our impact. From your first day, you will have the opportunity to work closely with the founding team based across London & Paris to shape the product vision and all parts of our technical architecture. As we scale our products and deepen our presence across emerging markets, this is a role that builds technology to solve customer problems. To do that, you must have empathy and curiosity to get to the root cause of the issue and the creativity to build a solution that balances impact, effort, and delight. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Leadership Excellence * Lead by technical example — your influence comes from the quality of your work, your judgment and your ability to bring others along with you, not from authority. * Own technical direction within your team and workstream, collaborating closely with principal engineers and the Head of Engineering to align with broader architectural strategy. * Mentor senior engineers through pairing, code reviews and design discussions — raising the technical floor of the people around you. * Champion engineering best practices across the team, introducing standards and patterns that improve consistency, reliability and developer experience. * Act as a subject matter expert in your core technical domain, and be the person others turn to when the problem is hard. Delivery Excellence * Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-stakeholder projects — from scoping and design through to deployment, feedback and iteration. * Translate ambiguous problem spaces into clear technical plans, breaking down large initiatives into well-defined milestones that the team can execute against. * Manage delivery dependencies across teams and communicate progress clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Drive a culture of outcome-oriented delivery within your workstream — focused on impact shipped, not activity completed. * Proactively identify and remove blockers before they slow the team down. Operational Excellence * Take ownership of the reliability and observability of systems within your domain — ensuring they are monitored, well-understood and resilient to failure. * Handle production incidents with confidence, leading postmortems that result in genuine process improvements rather than just documentation. * Set the standard for what good operational practice looks like within your team — monitoring, alerting, runbooks and on-call hygiene. * Contribute to company-wide reliability initiatives led by principal engineers and the Head of Engineering. Technical Excellence * Make and defend strong architectural decisions within your workstream, balancing pragmatism with long-term technical health. * Write production-quality code consistently — this is a fully IC role and hands-on technical contribution is expected at all times. * Drive scalability, modularity and performance improvements in the areas of the codebase you own. * Champion code quality through rigorous testing, thoughtful documentation and constructive code reviews that develop the engineers around you. * Proactively identify technical debt and lead initiatives to address it before it compounds. Culture Communicate internally and externally about new features, be it collecting feedback pre-implementation or explaining them on launch. REQUIREMENTS Our tech stack: Typescript, React, NextJS, NodeJS, Express, PostgreSQL * A product mindset is core to how we build - everyone at Capi is encouraged to think about the customer, the business, and the long-term impact of what we ship. * A strong understanding of web development, frontend and backend best practices. While mainly working with JavaScript technologies. * Experience in a VC-backed or high-growth engineering team and building products used by customers. * You are comfortable working in an early-stage startup environment with high pace, rapid growth, involvement in the entire product development process, and a high degree of ambiguity. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills for expressing ideas, designs, and potential solutions with both technical and non-technical team members and customers. * You care about our mission and solving the problems faced by African businesses. * Based in London or Paris. Bonus points if you: * Speak and write in French & English * Experience in Fintech, payments, wallets or building ledgers * Expertise in security and data protection best practices needed in a FCA regulated business Some projects the team has been working on: * Automated payouts and AI invoice approval * Onboarding + payment automation with Swift network and banking partners across the world * WhatsApp bot that creates quotes for customers based on their responses * Self-serve onboarding flow that collects company information and KYC documents from customers * Asynchronous workers that OCR invoices * Internal tooling to manage and process millions of dollars of transactions WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN INTERVIEWING WITH CAPI? Our interview process includes: 1. Screen interview with our Tech Recruiter Gracie (30 mins) - Learn about the Capi story and mission. Whilst ensuring we are aligned as an exciting opportunity for what you're looking for 2. Technical challenge with one of our Principal Engineers (1 hr) - Demonstrate your abilities in a whiteboard-style interview with one of our senior team members. We like to keep this as natural as possible, as if you were joining us tomorrow. This interview is to assess your skills, interests, and potential to see the impact you could make. While also ensuring Capi can support your growth 3. Deep dive (1 hr) - Meet the hiring manager and explore your relevant experience and our upcoming projects 4. Founder chat (30 mins) - Meet the founders to learn about Capi's growth plans, mission, and revenue targets. This is also your opportunity to ask any final questions to make sure our journey is right for you. 5. References 6. Offer! ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This is a full-time position with a competitive salary, share options, and benefits. We would be looking to hire for this role by June 2026, but are happy to align with notice periods as required. Take a look at what it is like to work at Capi Money across all of our international offices. Capi is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds. We’re all about building a diverse, inclusive team at Capi. Whoever you are, we’d love to hear from you. If there’s anything you need to make the interview process easier—whether it’s accessibility support, a different format, or just a heads-up about what to expect—just let us know, we’re happy to help. We've won some cool awards recently too! Check them out: * Startups UK Top 100 (No. 24) * Viva Technology Top 100 * Welcome to the Jungle's Fintech's Finest Top 50