About the vacancy:
Our client, a passionate team dedicated to creating innovative tools that enable millions of users worldwide to connect seamlessly, is seeking a Backend Team Lead to join their team.
This is a full-time, hybrid position – 3 days/week WFO. Locations: Tbilisi and Warsaw.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and manage an agile team of senior backend engineers, including hiring, training, and mentoring, alongside hands-on coding.
- Actively participate in the design, development, and maintenance of backend systems and applications while analyzing business requirements to create scalable, high-performing, and testable solutions.
- Lead the transition from a monolithic architecture to a microservices architecture.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, client developers, scrum masters, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
Requirements:
- At least 3 years of experience as a team leader
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience in server-side development in Java
- Proven experience in developing large-scale systems using AWS
- Experience in building and deploying microservices based on Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with Agile methodology
- Fluent in written and spoken English (C1+)
Advantages:
- B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent
- Advanced knowledge of unit testing frameworks and mocking
- Familiarity with C++
- Experience with K8s & CI/CD