Engineering Team Lead

About the Role

Are you a seasoned technical leader who loves mentoring engineers just as much as writing clean, scalable code? We are looking for an Engineering Team Lead to guide a talented backend team, drive architectural decisions, and champion engineering excellence. In this role, you will perfectly balance hands-on development with impactful people leadership to scale high-performing systems.

About the Client

Our partner is a dynamic tech company building cutting-edge product engineering across Fintech, iGaming, and Marketing. They specialize in turning innovative ideas into high-performing engines and launching them at absolute scale. As their exclusive recruitment partner, Lionhires manages their full-cycle talent acquisition, connecting top-tier tech talent with this rapidly growing team.

What You Will Do

• Lead and Mentor: Guide and develop a team of backend engineers through regular 1:1s, constructive feedback, performance evaluations, and tailored individual growth plans.

• Stay Hands-On: Directly contribute to the codebase by writing, reviewing, and refactoring high-quality code to continuously improve system performance.

• Drive Delivery & Architecture: Balance team workloads, assign tasks, design technical solutions, and make critical architectural decisions for system enhancements.

• Champion Agile: Lead and participate in agile ceremonies (Scrum/Kanban) to keep the team aligned, focused, and executing at a high velocity.

• Tackle Technical Debt: Enhance overall system quality by optimizing data flows, resolving technical debt, and performing necessary data restructuring.

• Collaborate & Innovate: Partner closely with Engineering Managers to adopt modern technologies and drive impactful, company-wide engineering initiatives.

• Elevate Standards: Document domain knowledge, refine engineering standards, and contribute to the continuous improvement of the broader engineering organization.

What You Bring

• Educational Foundation: A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field.

• Proven Experience: 8+ years of professional backend development experience, with at least 3+ years specifically in a leadership or management role.

• Core Tech Stack: Deep expertise in Node.js, modern web development, and a strong understanding of data structures, coding patterns, and algorithms.

• System Design & Infrastructure: Solid knowledge of Kubernetes, containerization, system design, SQL, and NoSQL databases.

• Integration & Security: Strong experience handling RESTful APIs, message brokers, third-party integrations, and secure development practices.

• Bonus Points: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, microservices architecture, cloud-based development, and Test-Driven Development (TDD).

• Soft Skills: Exceptional problem-solving and diagnostic skills, paired with a natural ability to organize, mentor, and inspire a team.

• Language: Upper-intermediate to Advanced English proficiency.

What's in It for You

• Growth: Ample learning and development opportunities driven by complex, highly challenging technical tasks.

• Relocation Support: A comprehensive relocation package, including covered flight tickets and a 2-week hotel stay to help you settle in.

• Work-Life Balance: 23 working days of annual vacation to ensure you have plenty of time to rest and recharge.

• Wellness & Perks: An on-site company fitness corner to stay active, plus personalized birthday celebration gifts.

• Language Development: Partial compensation for language classes to help you expand your linguistic and communication skills.