Technical Lead - Consumer Experience at Koalafi
Richmond, VA
$168,000–$217,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Richmond, VA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on technical leadership role overseeing the engineering team responsible for Koalafi's consumer-facing web experience, including payment processing, backend APIs, and legacy system modernization. The work spans React, Golang, and AWS, with responsibilities that mix active coding and architecture with mentoring engineers, running design reviews, and collaborating with product and operations to shape quarterly roadmaps. Suits an experienced engineer-manager comfortable operating across frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure in a fintech context.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 179,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 107,500–269,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
This role is titled 'Tech Lead' with no explicit seniority level in the title, but requires 3+ years of prior management experience and mentoring/people-leadership responsibilities — placing it closer to an Engineering Manager (11-3021) than a pure IC Software Developer (15-1252). However, the posting strongly emphasizes staying hands-on in the codebase, so it is a genuine hybrid; 15-1252 is listed as the runner-up.
The advertised seniority is Unspecified because the title 'Tech Lead' carries no standard level word (Junior/Mid/Senior/Staff/Principal). The actual requirements (7+ years engineering, 3+ years management, roadmap ownership, team leadership) support a Senior-band classification.
C# and .NET are listed together as a single legacy-support requirement ('legacy system support in C#/.Net') — emitted as separate skills since both are distinct technologies used in the stack.
Fintech/payments/e-commerce experience is listed under 'Bonus' and is treated as preferred.
The role lists two primary office locations (Richmond, VA and Arlington, VA) plus US-remote; Richmond, VA is used as the primary CBSA. Arlington, VA falls within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV CBSA (47900).
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