Team Lead

Engineering Team Lead

We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Team Lead to lead a distributed team of developers and drive rapid product delivery in a fast-moving startup environment.

About Symepra

Sympera AI is an Agentic-AI platform purpose-built to scale relationship banking. Founded in 2024 by seasoned financial technology and artificial intelligence experts, Sympera transforms commercial and SMB banking data into clear, prioritized actions for relationship managers. While traditional CRM systems passively store data, Sympera’s vertical AI actively closes the gap between insight and execution. By leveraging customized, domain-specific open-source language models, our AI agents continuously monitor real business signals, such as hiring trends, expansions, and leadership changes. Backed by Viola Ventures and Nyca Partners, Sympera AI empowers financial institutions to anticipate client needs and drive sustainable growth by allowing bankers to focus on building meaningful relationships.

Basic Requirements

• BSc in computer science, software engineering, or related fields from top universities

• At least 5 years of experience in Python development.

• Strong knowledge of backend frameworks including FastAPI, Pydantic, Alembic, and related technologies.

• Experience with structured, unstructured, and vector databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.)

• Ability to take a product specification and turn it into working software.

• Experience working with LLMs and AI-powered applications.

• Experience in AI-assisted development workflows (Claude Code, Cursor, Antygravity).

• Proven experience leading remote development teams across multiple countries and time zones.

• Ability to work in an high-pressure environment.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to maintain visibility across multiple parallel workstreams.

• Excellent communication skills and fluent English.

• Experience mentoring and growing junior developers.

Advantage:

• MSc in computer science, SE, EE, or related field

• Experience building agentic AI and agentic workflows

What We Value

• Ownership and accountability.

• Fast execution and adaptability.

• Leverage AI tools to maximize team productivity and delivery.

• Pragmatic decision-making and a strong bias toward shipping.