Senior Software Engineer – Team Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend components utilizing Perl, integrated with C-based core systems.

• Create mapping, customization, and business logic layers to interact with client, gateway, and host systems.

• Take ownership of end-to-end feature delivery, which includes automated testing (using Java-based frameworks), ensuring code quality, and maintaining performance stability.

• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and release processes as part of the responsibility for delivery.

• Develop and integrate observability and monitoring features to guarantee low-latency and self-recovering system operations.

• Engage in code reviews, architectural discussions, and knowledge-sharing sessions.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver features from the requirements phase to production and monitoring.

• Work with client stakeholders to clarify requirements, align expectations, and assist in resolving technical issues.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of software engineering experience.

• Experience leading cross-functional teams consisting of 6 or more engineers, or possessing strong technical leadership experience with a readiness to transition into people leadership.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, with direct client-facing experience and an ability to work effectively across diverse, cross-cultural teams.

• Capability to clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, align teams, and provide clarity in ambiguous situations.

• Proven end-to-end delivery ownership, with a proactive and accountable mindset.

• Skill in organizing work, managing priorities, and removing delivery blockers.

• Experience in Agile environments with familiarity in modern engineering practices (automated testing, CI/CD, code reviews).

• Proven experience delivering high-performance, reliable backend systems in mission-critical, high-throughput environments.

• Strong understanding of APIs, system integration, and abstraction layers.

• Practical experience with Perl, C, or Java, or a strong willingness to quickly learn Perl.

• Upper-Intermediate proficiency in English.

• Willingness to travel to our Zagreb office twice per quarter.

🏝️ Benefits

• Enjoy 30 paid days off annually — use them whenever you wish for vacation, holidays, or personal time.

• Benefit from 5 paid sick days, up to 60 days of medical leave, and 6 paid days off per year for significant family events like weddings, funerals, or the birth of a child.

• Receive partially covered health insurance after the probation period, along with a wellness bonus for gym memberships, sports nutrition, and similar needs after 6 months.

• Enhance your skills with English lessons, online training, conferences, and the opportunity to explore new career paths.