Software Developer Tech Lead

Caseware is one of Canada's original Fintech companies, having led the global audit and accounting software industry for over 30 years, with more than 500,000 users across 130 countries and available in 16 different languages. While you might not have heard of us (yet) over 36,000 accounting and audit professionals list Caseware as a skill on their LinkedIn profiles!

Caseware is a global leader in cloud-enabled audit, assurance, and financial reporting solutions, helping accounting and assurance professionals work smarter with data they can trust 

As a Team Lead at Caseware, you'll be a hands-on technical leader who drives the design, development, and delivery of cloud-based solutions that are transforming how financial audits are performed worldwide. You will own complex technical problems end-to-end while coaching and leading a small squad of developers, helping them grow their skills and raise the engineering bar together. Working closely with Product and Design, you'll shape our roadmap from a technical perspective and drive iterative improvements across the entire software development lifecycle.

You will be part of the Data Analytics department, committed to delivering state-of-the-art data lifecycle management and analytical solutions that enable our global distributor network to develop and customize products that meet their market needs. The squad you lead is responsible for developing a Cloud Data Analytics platform that runs thousands of concurrent import and analytic jobs in parallel across different workloads.

📍 Location: This is a fully remote position located in Colombia. 

Maira Russo - Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design and build key features and architectural improvements end-to-end — from technical discovery and system design through implementation, testing, and production support.
• Write production code daily in critical services, pipelines, and frameworks, using modern cloud-native patterns and technologies.
• Coach and lead a squad of 3–5 developers with varying levels of experience, setting technical direction through code reviews, pairing sessions, and design discussions that elevate the team's overall capabilities.
• Build deep expertise in the technology and architecture powering the Data Analytics Platform and use that knowledge to drive sound technical decisions.
• Embed AI-native practices into everyday development by using cutting-edge tools to accelerate prototyping, improve code quality, and streamline the SDLC.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to disambiguate requirements, surface technical uncertainty, and clearly communicate trade-offs and risks.
• Champion engineering excellence by keeping trunk/master green, stable, and deployable through strong CI/CD, testing, and operational practices.
• Coordinate with DevOps/CloudOps teams to ensure your squad has the tooling, infrastructure, and support needed to ship confidently.
• Own production reliability for the systems your squad manages, driving continuous improvement through post-mortems and root cause analysis.
• Champion engineering excellence by ensuring trunk/master remains green, stable, and deployable through strong CI/CD, testing, and operational practices.
• Provide 24/7 production support for the systems your team manages, driving continuous improvement in this area through post-mortems and root cause analysis

What You Will Bring

• 7+ years hands-on experience with Java 17+ (Spring Boot), microservice architecture, and developing enterprise SaaS applications on AWS.
• Extensive experience building and evolving cloud-native, data analytics platforms in production.
• Strong system design expertise, particularly in distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and large-scale data processing.
• Deep knowledge of analytics workflows, with an eye toward performance and correctness.
• An AI-native mindset — you instinctively reach for AI-powered tools and techniques as a first approach to problem-solving, planning, design, troubleshooting, code generation, debugging, and knowledge discovery.
• Proven ability to influence architectural direction, drive alignment across teams, and lead initiatives beyond your immediate scope.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, with the ability to make sound technical decisions and clearly communicate risks and trade-offs.
• A mentorship-oriented mindset, with demonstrated success in growing engineers and strengthening team capabilities.
• Strong English language communication and collaboration skills

The Tech Stack

• Java 17+ (Spring Boot), Angular 16+.
• NestJS, GraphQL.
• AWS EKS-hosted microservices.
• Orchestration with AWS Step Functions and SNS/SQS.
• AWS storage solutions (S3, Lake Formation, DynamoDB).
• AWS Lambda (Serverless).
• GitHub & GitHub Actions.
• Nx Monorepo.
• Atlassian Cloud (Jira / Confluence).
• Microsoft 365 (Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, etc.).

Perks & Benefits

• Contrato a termino Indefinido with all the legal benefits
• Prepaid Medicine
• Life insurance and funeral assistance
• Internet allowance
• Home office stipend
• Competitive compensation — above the market average
• 100% remote work environment and an excellent work-life balance
• Opportunity to work for a growing global SaaS leader company
• A culture that promotes independence, innovation, trust, and accountability
• Open space to be creative, innovative, and strategize for the future
• Mentorship by a highly experienced professional 
• Budget for training, we want you to grow
• 5 Personal Time Off days per year
• Sick Leave Top up to total 100% of salary paid by the employer from Day 3 to 90. 
• Recognition Award, additional paid time off in recognition of the corresponding year of service
• Upgrade vacation starting at 5 years of service

What's in it for you:

▪️Innovation is at our core. We work with cutting-edge technology in accounting and financial reporting, constantly pushing the boundaries to create impactful software solutions. 

▪️We are committed to a collaborative culture, where your ideas are valued, and knowledge sharing is encouraged within a supportive, inclusive team. 

▪️Work-life balance is important to us. We offer flexible work options, remote opportunities, and generous time-off policies to ensure a healthy work-life balance. 

▪️We offer competitive compensation, including a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits such as health insurance and retirement plans. 

▪️We are driven by impactful work. Your contributions directly affect how our clients manage financial processes and drive their success. 

▪️Recognition and rewards matter to us. We celebrate hard work through recognition programs, performance bonuses, and opportunities for career growth. 

▪️We embrace global opportunities. Work on international projects and collaborate with a diverse, global team. 

About Caseware:

Caseware's cutting-edge software products are meticulously designed for accounting firms, corporations, and governments. Our teams are continually collaborating, innovating, and building upon our existing suite of products. With a customer-focused mindset, we are building technology that is shaping what the future of audits, financial reporting, and financial data analytics will look like.

With a recent strategic investment from Hg Capital in 2020, Caseware is now in its next major growth phase as we double down on the people and products that have made Caseware so successful to date.

One of Caseware's core values is Many Voices, One Team and with that in mind, we're dedicated to building teams as diverse as our customers in an equitable and inclusive way. We welcome and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Should you require accommodations or have any questions at any point during the application or interview process, please e-mail our People Operations team at talent@caseware.com.

Background Check:

Any candidates successful in obtaining an offer for a position will need to successfully complete a background check through Certn.co which typically includes an Identity Verification and Criminal Record Check. Executives and Senior Managers will undergo a Soft Credit Check as well. Candidates residing in the Netherlands and Germany are excluded from undergoing background checks via Certn.co 

Security and Fraud:

Caseware takes the security of candidates seriously. All legitimate communication from us will come from email addresses ending in @caseware.com and our open positions are always listed on reputable job boards and on our website https://jobs.lever.co/caseware. We will NEVER ask for payment or financial information from you. If you receive an unsolicited job offer, proceed with extreme caution.