LeadPlatformEngineer

At Koalafi, we believe in a world where no one has to put an important purchase on hold. That’s why we’re making it easier for more people to pay for big purchases over time. Retailers across the country rely on us to offer flexible lease-to-own financing to their non-prime consumers, while increasing sales and strengthening customer loyalty. Their 2M+ customers love us because we provide a flexible way for them to make payments and give them an opportunity to improve their credit. Our 200+ Koalafi teammates enjoy inspiring and challenging work that accelerates their careers. Interested in learning more about how we’re transforming the financing experience and joining our team? About the role We're hiring a hands-on engineering leader to own both the people and the delivery of our platform engineering team. This is a formal people manager role — you are accountable for your team's performance, growth, and culture — while also carrying significant technical weight yourself. You will work in close partnership with our Cloud Architect, who owns platform strategy and technology standards. Your job is to translate that strategic direction into a well-organized, executable backlog — and then drive the team to deliver it with quality and predictability. You are the bridge between platform strategy and team execution, and you take full ownership of that space. We build in an AI-forward environment. You'll be expected to use AI tools in your own work and help establish the conditions — in pipelines, tooling, and team culture — for your engineers to do the same effectively and responsibly. What you'll do People leadership help shape the team's working norms and resolve friction before it compounds Technical execution Be a strong technical contributor: carry significant engineering weight alongside the team and actively deliver on high-impact work Own day-to-day technical decisions within the team's scope Translate architectural direction into sprint-level tasks the team can a