MTS - Technical Lead

IMPORTANT: At the moment we are only considering candidates located in Latin America. Please do not apply if you are not located in Latin America.

About Empirical

Empirical empowers early and growth stage tech companies to create the right products in the right way by providing two pivotal services:

Product & Technology Leadership: Our clients entrust critical decisions to our network of top-tier US-based CTOs and CPOs. We provide fractional, project, or advisory based support, combining highly experienced talent with a flexible approach.

Product Development Teams: We provide our clients with high performing, senior product development talent through a scalable staff augmentation model and ongoing support. We focus on Latin America to find exceptional talent, with time zone and cultural compatibility.

We are proud to be a people first company, where we prioritize building meaningful, long lasting human connections with clients and team members alike, while embracing diversity and uniqueness. With this foundation and our focus on talent, we help create great products that people love.

Our values

• Care about people first

• Strive to add value always

• Lead with integrity

• Have fun every step of the way

The Opportunity

Our client is building a next-generation marketplace platform that helps investors and businesses evaluate, score, and discover intellectual property opportunities. The current product operates on a combination of no-code tools and workflows, and the team is now replatforming to a custom-built application designed for scale, security, and long-term growth.

We are looking for a Tech Lead to help drive this transition, working closely with product leadership and a small engineering team to deliver a production-ready platform. This role combines hands-on software development, technical leadership, architecture decisions, and AI-powered product development in a fast-moving environment with clear business goals and delivery milestones.

What you'll do

• Lead the architecture and technical implementation of a modern full-stack platform built with Python, Next.js, and PostgreSQL.

• Guide the migration from existing no-code tools and workflows into scalable application services.

• Develop and maintain production-grade backend and frontend systems.

• Collaborate closely with product leadership to evaluate trade-offs, prioritize work, and deliver against project milestones.

• Build and integrate AI-powered workflows, including document processing, scoring systems, and LLM-powered features.

• Establish engineering best practices around testing, observability, deployment, and code quality.

• Design secure and scalable systems with auditability, access controls, and long-term maintainability in mind.

• Mentor and support other engineers while remaining actively involved in implementation.

Your qualifications and experience

Must haves

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.

• 3+ years leading technical delivery for production systems.

• Strong experience building applications with Python (FastAPI or similar frameworks).

• Strong experience with React and Next.js.

• Deep understanding of API design, data modeling, and backend architecture.

• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL in production environments.

• Experience building and integrating AI/LLM-powered features into customer-facing products.

• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and modern deployment practices.

• Experience making architectural decisions while remaining hands-on in implementation.

• Advanced English required.

• Familiarity with AI tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience migrating systems from no-code or low-code platforms.

• Marketplace, fintech, or document-heavy product experience.

• Experience with compliance-oriented systems and security best practices.

• Experience with AWS, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.

• Familiarity with infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and managed cloud services.

What we expect from you

100% alignment with our core values!

Ability to take ownership of projects from start to finish

Strong collaboration and communication skills

Attention to detail and a passion for creating great user experiences

What we offer

Remote/flexible work

Highly competitive compensation in US dollars

Opportunities for personal and professional development; mentorship, coaching and training as needed

Ongoing, 40 hours per week dedication

The opportunity to be part of an amazing, multicultural community of tech experts

Why work with us?

We pride ourselves on our core values and have proven that putting people first creates a thriving and collaborative work environment.

We seek to accommodate and balance individual needs with client needs, understanding each one of us is unique.

We offer benefits such as remote/flexible work, selective paid training, mentorship programs, referral programs and more.

We are selective in the projects we take on to ensure our teams are engaged in challenging, meaningful, enjoyable opportunities that will provoke creativity, innovation and growth!