Team Lead, Software Engineering

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

📋 Description

• Lead a team consisting of 5 to 10 senior engineers.

• Establish vision and prioritize project roadmaps.

• Cultivate a culture of high performance.

• Design features for cluster lifecycle management, high-availability systems, and performance enhancement.

• Contribute to coding efforts as necessary.

• Supervise automated testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and initiatives for reducing technical debt.

• Collaborate with product, QA, and support teams to address production challenges.

• Enhance the platform driven by customer insights.

• Mentor engineers in Linux systems, networking, and distributed system design.

• Conduct code reviews and help develop team talent.

• Build distributed storage solutions, virtualization, cluster orchestration, VM management, monitoring, and facilitate seamless updates through UI and REST APIs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering.

• At least 2 years of experience in a leadership role.

• Proficient in Python, Rust, Go, or C/C++ for production systems.

• In-depth knowledge of Linux kernel architecture, including NUMA, scheduling, and I/O.

• Familiarity with networking, including SDN and TCP/IP stacks.

• Demonstrated experience in leading distributed systems projects.

• Excellent problem-solving abilities.

• Background in mentoring, managing agile processes, and delivering projects under tight deadlines.

• Preferred: experience with KVM, Docker/Podman, Kubernetes, or distributed storage solutions.

• Preferred: experience in system programming, kernel internals, or fault-tolerant system architectures.

• Preferred: skills in Ansible, Bash, Terraform, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Preferred: web development experience using JavaScript, HTML/CSS.

• Preferred: knowledge of performance tuning and observability tools.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work and flexible hours available across EMEA.

• Friendly environment for B2B contracting.

• Opportunities for professional growth: training budget, certification support, mentorship, and career advancement pathways.

• Diverse, multicultural team with engineers from around the world.

• Recognition programs in place.

• Referral bonuses offered.

• Initiatives for continuous learning.

• Reward programs available.

• Share options provided.