Backend Software Engineering Team Lead
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JobgetherSoftware Development
Based in Switzerland, Core collaboration time between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. in your local time zone.Full-TimeLead
SalaryCompetitive salary with quarterly performance-based bonus opportunities.
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Job Details
- Languages
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Experience
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 2 years of experience leading engineering teams
- Required Skills
- Node.jsPythonAgileJavaGoCI/CDRESTful APIsDevOpsMicroservicesDistributed Systems
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong focus on backend technologies such as Java, Node.js, Python, Go, or similar languages.
- At least 2 years of experience leading engineering teams, including mentoring, performance management, workload planning, and technical leadership.
- Strong expertise in designing scalable software architectures, distributed systems, APIs, and microservices-based applications.
- Hands-on experience developing enterprise backend solutions using modern frameworks, cloud platforms, and DevOps practices.
- Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, code quality, testing, CI/CD pipelines, and agile development methodologies.
- Excellent communication skills in English, with experience collaborating effectively across remote and internationally distributed teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a passion for technology, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to balance strategic technical leadership with active software development responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and support a team of backend software engineers, fostering a collaborative, high-performing, and growth-oriented culture.
- Provide technical leadership by defining software architecture, promoting engineering best practices, and maintaining high standards of code quality.
- Contribute hands-on to backend development, designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.
- Drive the full software development lifecycle, from technical planning and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.
- Conduct code reviews, provide constructive technical feedback, and coach team members to strengthen engineering capabilities.
- Manage performance, workload allocation, career development, and regular feedback for team members.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-quality software aligned with business priorities and project timelines.
- Continuously improve development processes, tooling, and engineering practices to enhance productivity, reliability, and delivery efficiency.
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