Lead Engineer
Location: Lisbon (Office), or Europe (remote)
Department: Engineering
Overview:
We're seeking a hands‑on Technical Leader who thrives in a collaborative, fast‑paced, and innovation‑driven environment. You’ll play a crucial role in shaping the architecture and technical excellence of our products while fostering a culture of learning and growth within the Engineering Team.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical design for new features using Domain‑Driven Design (DDD) methodologies.
- Maintain and lead the technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals.
- Document technical architectures, workflows, and processes for reference and clarity.
- Actively contribute to the codebase (up to 40% of the time) focusing on high‑complexity tasks, technical enablers and Proof of Concepts (PoCs) to evaluate and implement innovative technologies.
- Conduct code reviews to uphold high‑quality software coding standards.
- Participate to define technical priorities and set the technical direction for the Engineering team.
- Support recruitment efforts by interviewing candidates to identify future talent.
- Act as a Technical Lead, guiding and mentoring Software Engineers in their technical growth, encouraging learning and skill development within the team.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 8 years in a Software Development role including 2 years as a Tech Lead or Architect.
- At least 3 years of experience working on SaaS applications.
- Proven experience designing and implementing service‑based architectures in production environments.
- Prior experience with Online Payment, Payroll or Invoicing domains.
- Prior experience with integrating third‑party solutions into core business processes.
Preferred Skills:
- Expertise in API design with REST, gRPC, GraphQL and API documentation with OpenAPI, Swagger.
- Experience with various data stores, streaming and caching solutions (SQL and NoSQL databases, Redis, MQ, Kafka, ElasticSearch).
- Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and their services.
- Work experience with Python and Java.
- Strong focus on security, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Ability to solve complex problems with simple, effective solutions.
- Strong collaboration and teamwork skills with a capacity for independent work.
- High ownership mindset, always striving for improvements.
- Excellent presentation and documentation skills.
- Set high standards for others and for yourself.
Benefits:
- A competitive salary
- An asynchronous working environment
- A Remote‑First company environment (or Hybrid) - based on the nature of the job
- The ability to work from abroad for a short period of time
- Growth opportunities within the company
- We provide all new joiners with the necessary hardware to ensure you have the tools you need to succeed from day one
