Technical Team Lead (Hands-On Engineering Lead)

Technical Team Lead (Hands-On Engineering Lead) Engineered in Switzerland by private markets experts, qashqade guarantees accuracy, improves transparency and builds trust between GPs, LPs and their beneficiaries. It does this through an award‑winning enterprise product suite that streamlines and automates fee and waterfall calculations and reporting for private funds, replacing manual processes and unstable spreadsheets. The qashqade platform offers CFOs a modular solution that can handle any asset class and any level of complexity. Headquartered in Zürich, qashqade also has offices in New York, London, and Budapest. You will work closely with product management, operations, and senior leadership to help shape both our technical direction and engineering culture. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable reviewing architecture, writing production code, guiding developers, and helping define how AI can be effectively integrated into engineering processes and products. Our platform operates in a highly demanding financial environment where scalability, reliability, security, and operational excellence are critical. The ideal candidate will be located in or near Zurich, Switzerland. Lead and mentor a team of mostly remote software engineers. Act as a hands‑on contributor within the development team, including coding, code reviews, troubleshooting, and architectural guidance. Drive delivery and technical quality across backend, frontend, and cloud‑native systems. Collaborate with product management to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Help define and implement engineering best practices, coding standards, and development processes. Guide the team in the effective use of AI tooling and AI‑assisted development workflows. Contribute to the company’s broader AI strategy from both an engineering and operational perspective. Support system design, performance optimisation, scalability, and reliability initiatives. Participate in sprint planning, technical estimation, and prioritisation activities. Foster strong communication and collaboration across remote and in‑office team members. Work closely with DevOps and infrastructure teams in a Kubernetes/Azure‑based environment. Help maintain a culture of accountability, pragmatism, and continuous improvement. Required Technical Skills and Experience Core Technologies Java / Spring Boot: High proficiency with significant experience building enterprise backend systems. Angular / TypeScript: Strong working knowledge of modern frontend development. REST APIs and distributed systems architecture. PostgreSQL or similar relational databases. Git‑based development workflows and CI/CD pipelines. Kubernetes and containerised application environments. Leadership