The ad says“Experience defining architecture and driving adoption at scale”
The ad says“Solid understanding of Java and Postgres performance, database modeling and risk analysis”
The ad says“Strong experience with Java stack (SpringBoot, Liquidbase, etc.)”
The ad says“Strong experience with Java stack (SpringBoot, Liquidbase, etc.)”
The ad says“Solid understanding of Java and Postgres performance, database modeling and risk analysis”
The ad says“Solid understanding of Java and Postgres performance, database modeling and risk analysis”
The ad says“Strong experience with Java stack (SpringBoot, Liquidbase, etc.)”
We are looking for Backend engineering Lead who will be responsible for the overall backend ecosystem across the organization, combining people leadership with ownership of backend architecture, standards, and delivery quality
This role ensures that backend development and architecture is consistent, scalable, and aligned with product, while growing backend engineers and enabling teams to deliver effectively
The Backend Lead operates in close alignment with the Head of Engineering and Chapter Leads, ensuring all key decisions and initiatives follow the broader engineering vision
Backend Ownership & Strategy
Define and drive the backend vision across teams (architecture, design systems, tooling, standards)
Ensure consistency in how backend applications are built and maintained
Own cross-team backend topics
Make and enforce key technical decisions when alignment is needed
Team Leadership & Capability Building
Lead and support backend engineers, ensuring efficient and impactful delivery of initiatives while driving team engagement, efficiency, and growth
Raise the bar of backend engineering through running regular 1:1s and performance check-ins, coaching, and clear development support
Identify skill gaps and drive training, and mentoring initiatives to close skill gaps, improve team capability, and continuously strengthen ways of working
Own and drive key people processes for the team (in alignment with Tech Leadership), including hiring, onboarding, offboarding, performance reviews, and compensation cycles, ensuring consistency and quality of execution
Build a strong backend community (guilds, knowledge sharing, standards)
Own awareness of department KPIs/goals and drive recommendations for continuous improvement in team performance and execution
Delivery & Quality Accountability
Ensure backend delivery is predictable, scalable, and high quality across teams
Identify and resolve systemic delivery or quality issues
Support teams to avoid risky complex backend initiatives
Cross-Functional Leadership
Align backend work with frontend/data/platform constraints and opportunities
Act as the main escalation point for backend-related decisions
Hands-on Technical Leadership
Stay close to the codebase through selective PR reviews and architectural guidance
Contribute to critical or high-risk backend areas when needed
Guide teams on best practices (testing, performance, accessibility, maintainability)
Benefits
🍼 Truly flexible schedules
🍹 A selection of free drinks at the office
🎉 Regular company events
🎓 Mentoring and career development
✈️ The hotel room is your office - we allow working from another country up to 3 months a year
💳 Flexible compensation plan - our Edenred and become.1 cards are an open door to customisable benefits and tax savings
Preferred experience
Strong experience with Java stack (SpringBoot, Liquidbase, etc.)
Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical direction
Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders
Solid understanding of Java and Postgres performance, database modeling and risk analysis
Experience defining architecture and driving adoption at scale
Proven experience leading backend initiatives across multiple teams
