Backend Team Lead

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💎 Seniority level: Lead, 3+ years in team leadership, 5+ years in backend engineering, 2+ years with managed cloud services

📍 Location: Germany, Poland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Berlin Time, UTC-1 to UTC+3

🔍 Industry: Outdoor exploration and technology

🏢 Company: komoot👥 101-250💰 Seed over 11 years agoInformation Services Consumer Applications Subscription Service Information Technology Mobile Software

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 3+ years in team leadership, 5+ years in backend engineering, 2+ years with managed cloud services

🪄 Skills: AWSBackend DevelopmentPythonJavaKotlinCollaboration

Requirements:

Passionate team leader with strong backend development experience.
3+ years of experience leading a high-performing team.
5+ years in backend engineering, ideally with Kotlin, Java, or Python.
2+ years experience with managed cloud services, preferably AWS.
Ability to build scalable backend systems and APIs.
Strong communication and moderating skills.
Empathy and the ability to provide direct feedback.

Responsibilities:

Be the advocate and voice of the backend team at komoot.
Build and develop your team: Recruit, onboard, and mentor backend engineers.
Monitor teammates' performance and coach them on professional and personal development.
Foster collaboration and establish best practices for team processes.
Set goals for team development and technical innovation.
Help the team build a modern tech stack.
Keep an overview of modern backend technologies and manage technical projects.
Collaborate with various teams, including analytics and data science.

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