As a Lead Software Developer at Ordway Labs, you will provide technical leadership in designing, developing, and scaling our billing and finance platform. You will be responsible not only for delivering high-quality software but also for guiding architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and ensuring engineering best practices across the team. This role requires a strong hands-on developer who can balance coding, technical decision-making, and team leadership, while collaborating closely with product, design, and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Software Development & Architecture

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and secure software solutions.
Own and drive technical design and architecture decisions aligned with long-term platform goals.
Ensure code quality through hands-on development, code reviews, and adherence to best practices.
Identify and resolve complex technical issues related to performance, scalability, and reliability.
Champion clean, maintainable, and testable code across the codebase.

Business Domain and Industry Experience

Knowledge of Quote to Cash, CPQ, Deal Desk functionality
Developed and delivered enterprise grade pricing, quoting systems
Knowledge of sales processes, multi currency, product catalog, bundling and rules related to that

Technical Leadership

Act as a technical point of contact for the development team.
Mentor and coach senior and junior developers, fostering a culture of learning and excellence.
Lead technical discussions, design reviews, and architectural planning sessions.
Guide the team in adopting new technologies, frameworks, and engineering practices where appropriate.
Take ownership of complex, cross-functional technical initiatives and drive them to completion.

Collaboration & Delivery

Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, QA, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
Participate actively in agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
Help break down requirements into well-defined tasks and ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Process Improvement & Innovation

Continuously improve development workflows, tooling, and engineering processes.
Promote best practices in testing, documentation, CI/CD, and DevOps.
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, applying them pragmatically to improve the platform.

Required Experience & Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
7+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 2+ years in a technical lead or senior ownership role.
Strong hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails and at least one other language such as Java, Python, or JavaScript.
Experience with modern web frameworks and technologies (e.g., React, Angular, Spring, Django).
Solid understanding of database design and development (SQL and NoSQL).
Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience working with scalable systems like Kafka
Deep understanding of LLMs (transformers, tokenization, context windows, embeddings)
Prompt engineering — system prompts, few-shot, chain-of-thought, structured outputs
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines
Fine-tuning and RLHF concepts (not always hands-on, but expected knowledge)
Evaluation design — building evals, benchmarks, and quality metrics
Shipped production AI features or agents
Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ownership mindset.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
Hands-on experience working in agile development environments.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in fintech, Quote to Cash or CPQ systems.
Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and production monitoring.
Prior experience scaling SaaS platforms or working in high-growth environments.

Why Join Ordway Labs

At Ordway Labs, you’ll work on impactful, real-world financial products, influence technical direction, and help shape a strong engineering culture. This is an opportunity to grow as a technical leader while building software used by businesses worldwide.

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