Lendbuzz
Lendbuzz
Lendbuzz is a US-based fintech company focused on making vehicle financing more accessible through data-informed lending. It offers auto loans, private-party vehicle financing, and refinancing, assessing applicants through a broader view of their financial profile rather than relying only on traditional credit scores. Its digital application and verification process supports consumers and car dealership partners, while Lendbuzz Funding, LLC originates the loans.

Senior Platform Engineering Team Lead | Lendbuzz | Tel Aviv Hybrid

Lead Lendbuzz’s platform engineering team while building internal developer platforms for its credit technology. This Tel Aviv hybrid role combines hands-on development, Kubernetes leadership, and team management.

Description

  • Spend approximately half your time on hands-on development.
  • Partner with the manager, engineering managers, service owners, and team champions to identify pain points and prioritize work.
  • Lead computer-science-trained engineers by aligning their direction with management, developing project leadership skills, gathering feedback, and supporting company engineers.
  • Create decentralized, contribution-friendly ecosystems through Backstage, CLI tools, microservice templates, self-service capabilities, and Helm chart values.
  • Take complex, cross-team technical initiatives from concept through delivery by setting standards, defining measurable compliance metrics, and gaining engineering leadership support.
  • Lead Kubernetes-focused initiatives.
  • Oversee research into emerging cloud-native technologies.
  • Develop and enhance internal platform tools used by Lendbuzz engineers in Boston and Tel Aviv.

Requirements

  • Hold a Computer Science degree from a leading university.
  • Bring at least 5 years of software development experience.
  • Have at least 2 years of experience developing Kubernetes applications with Helm, Kustomize, Crossplane, CDK, or comparable tools.
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of Platform Engineering principles.
  • Show strong backend development ability in a modern language such as TypeScript, Python with Asyncio, Go, Rust, modern C#, or Kotlin.
  • Be proficient with Claude or Codex, including writing, system prompts, and delivering features across multiple repositories.
  • Preferred: Have production experience operating services on Kubernetes.
  • Preferred: Have written design documents, presented them to engineering leaders, and answered challenging technical questions in fluent English.
  • Preferred: Have built and maintained internal developer-experience tools such as Backstage or Port, internal CLI tools, microservice templates, infrastructure libraries, agentic flows, or AI skills.
  • Preferred: Have experience maintaining open-source Kubernetes charts such as Keycloak, Debezium, Airflow, Temporal, feature-flag systems, or LangSmith.

Benefits

  • Work in a culture that values product ownership, collaborative architecture, and accomplishments that strengthen both the company and your professional portfolio.
  • Collaborate with smart, dynamic colleagues while building something distinctive.
  • Receive a competitive salary with opportunities for career growth and advancement.

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