Backend Team Lead

We’re continuing to grow and scale our platform, and we’re looking for people who care about product quality, take ownership of their work, and want to build systems used by a global audience.

About the team

We’re looking for a Team Lead to take full ownership of TradingView's News Backend team. You’ll be responsible for the technical direction and the people leadership of a cross-functional team. You’ll guide architecture and implementation decisions, foster a high-performing team culture, and ensure timely, high-quality delivery of data services that scale with our global user base.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Delivery

• Own the team’s roadmap, delivery commitments, and execution quality.

• Set clear goals, manage priorities, and ensure alignment with company-wide objectives.

• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning for team members.

Technical Leadership

• Architect and evolve backend systems that ingest, transform, and serve news data from third-party providers.

• Ensure data consistency, integrity, and traceability across ingestion and distribution pipelines.

• Optimize Elasticsearch / PostgreSQL schemas and queries for performance and scalability.

• Oversee the design and maintenance of internal APIs that serve data to downstream services with low latency and high reliability.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with product managers, analysts, and other engineering teams to define requirements and integration strategies.

• Align with data modelers and system architects to ensure cohesive data structures and system design.

Engineering Excellence

• Champion best practices in software engineering, testing, and CI/CD.

• Lead code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical deep dives.

• Drive initiatives around observability, reliability, and performance tuning.

What makes you the perfect fit

• Leadership Experience: 7+ years in backend development, with 2+ years in a team or tech lead role managing both people and projects.

• Technical Expertise: Proficiency in Golang, and deep experience with Elasticsearch / PostgreSQL (schema design, performance tuning, query optimization).

• Systems Thinking: Strong understanding of distributed systems, data pipelines, and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ).

• API Design: Experience building and maintaining RESTful / gRPC APIs and integrating with external data providers.

• People Skills: Proven ability to mentor, coach, and grow engineers while fostering a healthy team culture.

• Distributed Systems: Familiarity with distributed systems, message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ), and caching strategies.

• Software Engineering Principles: Solid understanding of software engineering principles, testing, and CI/CD practices.

Will be a plus

• Experience in finance or trading domain.

• Familiarity with TradingView as a product.

• Data Modeling: Familiarity with data modeling and master data management concepts.

• Containerization and Cloud: Exposure to containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, etc.).

• Data Quality: Knowledge of data validation, reconciliation, and quality assurance techniques.

• Frontend: Experience in frontend stack and technologies.

What we offer you

• Flexible working hours and a hybrid work format.

• Well-equipped offices for focused and collaborative work.

• A global, distributed team of 500+ professionals.

• Learning, mentorship, and long-term career growth.

• Relocation support and private health insurance.

• Performance-based bonuses.

• TradingView Premium access.

• Regular team events and company-wide meetups.

Join the TradingView team and help us build a product used by millions of traders and investors worldwide. We look forward to hearing from you!

TradingView is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our success is driven by 600+ professionals from 40+ countries who speak nearly 20 languages.