Backend Lead
Skills
About the role
Welcome to Torrero — an all-in-one platform for cutting-edge white-label casino, sportsbook solutions, and B2B aggregation. Built on a foundation of trust, scalability, and compliance, we provide a wide range of gaming and payment solutions for international markets.
As the company grows, we are strengthening our payment and fintech direction and are looking for an experienced Python Tech Lead / Backend Lead who can take ownership of backend development, technical decisions, and team delivery within a complex payment environment.
About the project
We are looking for a Python Tech Lead / Backend Lead to join and lead the backend development of our payment-related products. The project involves payment processing, integrations with payment providers, merchant and wallet management, transaction flows, balances, risk controls, reporting, and internal back-office tools.
Our tech stack includes:
Python, Django, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis
The role combines hands-on backend development, architectural ownership, technical leadership, and close collaboration with product, QA, and business stakeholders.
What you will be doing:
Lead backend development for payment-related products
Make architectural and technical decisions
Design scalable backend solutions for complex payment flows
Take ownership of backend delivery and technical quality
Coordinate developers and help with task decomposition
Review technical solutions and code
Participate in provider/payment method integrations
Work on transaction processing, balances, limits, risk controls, reporting, and back-office functionality
Monitor production stability and performance
Identify technical risks and propose improvements
Work closely with Product, QA, and business stakeholders
Ensure that implemented solutions are reliable, maintainable, and scalable
Your expertise:
7+ years of commercial backend development experience
Strong hands-on experience with Python 3.x and Django
Proven experience as a Tech Lead / Backend Lead / Lead Developer
Experience managing or coordinating backend development work
Strong experience in designing and developing complex, high-load backend systems
Deep understanding of transactional integrity, idempotency patterns, and race condition prevention
Strong understanding of:
system architecture
integrations
distributed systems
queues and asynchronous processing
databases and data consistency
performance optimization
Experience with PostgreSQL
Experience with RabbitMQ / Redis or similar tools
Experience with monitoring and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar)
Expected hands-on involvement at the start: around 50–60%, including coding, architecture, code reviews, and technical decision-making.
Ability to review code, guide developers, and maintain engineering standards
Ability to decompose complex business requirements into clear technical tasks
Strong ownership, independence, and responsibility
Fluent Russian
Intermediate+ English
FinTech / Payments experience — mandatory
We are specifically looking for candidates with experience in fintech or payments, especially in companies related to:
EMI licensed companies
Payment Facilitators / PayFac
PSPs
Acquiring
Payment institutions
Card processing
The ideal candidate should understand not only backend development, but also the logic of payment products: transactions, providers, merchants, wallets, balances, settlements, commissions, limits, and operational risk.
We expect from you:
Strong technical judgment
Ability to balance speed and quality
Hands-on mindset — this is not a purely managerial role
Ability to lead by example
Clear communication with developers, product, and QA
Systematic approach to solving complex problems
Responsibility for the final result, not only for assigned tasks
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Strong attention to detail, especially in payment-related logic
Will be a plus:
Experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases
Experience with microservices or modular architecture
Experience with payment provider integrations
Experience with reconciliation, settlements, commissions, rolling reserves, chargebacks, refunds
Experience with risk management systems
Experience in iGaming payments
Experience building internal back-office systems
Experience mentoring or growing developers
Understanding of PCI DSS requirements and their impact on payment systems is expected.
We offer:
Fully remote work
Flexible working hours
Competitive compensation
28 paid vacation days per year
3 paid sick days per year without medical certificate
Seniority leave
Birthday day off
Real career opportunities and professional growth
International team
Opportunity to influence architecture and technical direction of a growing payment product
Hiring stages:
Introductory call
Hiring manager interview
Technical interview
Technical assignment / architecture discussion
Reference check
Offer
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