Java Software Engineering Team Lead
We are a leading trading platform that is ambitiously expanding to the four corners of the globe. Our top-rated products have won prestigious industry awards for their cutting-edge technology and seamless client experience. We deliver only the best, so we are always in search of the best people to join our ever-growing talented team.
Our Backend Engineering team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the robustness, speed, and security of our Product. Dedicated to enhancing performance, providing a best-in-class user experience, ensuring compliance, and safeguarding data, the team's efforts directly impact our ability to offer clients a seamless and secure trading journey.
We are seeking a hands-on Team Lead for one of the teams in our Payments domain to lead and mentor a distributed team of engineers developing and optimizing high-performance payment solutions. This role involves actively contributing to coding and architecture while ensuring the security, efficiency, and compliance of our payment systems, with a particular focus on bank acquiring and processing. The ideal candidate is both a strong people leader and a capable hands-on developer, passionate about building scalable and resilient systems.
Experience & Domain Knowledge:
- Team Leadership: Commercial professional experience in a team lead role, managing an engineering team
- Scalability & Performance: Experience in building and optimizing high-performance, distributed systems
- Operational Excellence: Hands-on experience in incident management, troubleshooting, and monitoring of production systems
- Work Breakdown & Dependency Management: Experience in Jira, backlog grooming, and sprint planning
Technical skills:
- Backend Development: Expert in Java 17+, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture
- Database Management: Strong SQL skills, particularly with PostgreSQL
- Asynchronous Processing: Experience with Kafka or similar event-driven architectures
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with AWS, Docker or similar cloud native container based set up
- Testing & Code Quality: Proficiency in unit testing, integration testing, and best coding practices with the aim of automating testing activities
Soft Skills:
- Mentorship & Team Building: Experience in mentoring and onboarding engineers, conducting code reviews, and promoting best engineering practices
- Strong Communication: Ability to engage with stakeholders, security teams, and product teams effectively
- Ownership & Accountability: Willingness to take end-to-end responsibility for delivery
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to break down complex problems and provide efficient solutions
- Adaptability: Capable of working in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements
Nice to have:
- Payments & Fintech Expertise: Prior experience in FinTech, Banking, or Payment Systems is beneficial
What you will get in return:
- Competitive Salary: We believe great work deserves great pay! Your skills and talents will be rewarded with a salary that makes you feel valued and motivated.
- Work-Life Harmony: Join a company that genuinely cares about you—because your life outside of work matters just as much as your time on the clock.
- Annual Performance Bonus: Your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed! Celebrate your achievements with a well-deserved annual bonus tied to your performance.
- Generous Time Off: Need a breather? Our annual leave policy lets you recharge and enjoy life outside of work without a worry.
- Employee Referral Program: Love working here? Share the love! Bring your talented friends on board and get rewarded for growing our awesome team.
- Comprehensive Health & Pension Benefits: From medical insurance to pension plans, we’ve got your back. Plus, location-specific benefits and perks!
- Workation Wonderland: Live your digital nomad dreams with 30 extra days to work remotely from anywhere in the world (some restrictions apply). Adventure awaits!
- Volunteer Days: Make a difference! Take two additional paid days each year to support causes you care about and give back to the community.
Be a key player at the forefront of the digital assets movement, propelling your career to new heights! Join a dynamic and rapidly expanding company that values and rewards talent, initiative, and creativity. Work alongside one of the most brilliant teams in the industry.
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- Department
- Technology & Product
- Locations
- Warsaw, Poland
- Working options
- Hybrid, Remote, In-office
- Job locations:
- Limassol, Cyprus, Warsaw, Poland
Java Software Engineering Team Lead
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