About the Role
Role details below.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the long-term technical roadmap, ensuring the platform scales seamlessly with the business.
- Direct and mentor Engineering Managers and Team Leads, overseeing the growth, performance evaluations, and succession planning for the entire department.
- Establish and enforce global engineering standards, documentation practices, and KPIs to ensure high-quality, secure, and maintainable codebases.
- Optimize the SDLC and Agile processes across all teams (Scrum/Kanban), eliminating bottlenecks and managing cross-team resource allocation.
- Balance the delivery of new features with the continuous improvement of architecture and the strategic reduction of technical debt.
- Lead the global hiring strategy to attract top-tier talent and cultivate a high-performance culture rooted in feedback, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Act as the primary technical point of contact for executive leadership, aligning engineering efforts with product and business milestones.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or higher degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in backend development, with at least 5+ years in high-level leadership roles (managing multiple teams or managers).
- Extensive experience with high-load, distributed systems, microservices architecture, Kubernetes, and cloud-native development.
- Deep expertise in SQL/NoSQL databases, message brokers, and secure CI/CD pipelines.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex technical trade-offs and drive large-scale architectural migrations.
- Exceptional leadership, presentation, and communication skills.
- Ability to inspire teams and navigate fast-paced, high-pressure environments.
- Fluency in English is a must.
Benefits
- Learning and development opportunities and interesting, challenging tasks.
- Relocation package (tickets, staying in a hotel for up to 2 weeks, and visa relocation support for our employees and their family members).
- Opportunity to develop language skills, with partial compensation for the cost of English and Portuguese language classes (for localization purposes).
- Partial compensation for tennis and padel lessons.
- Urban Sport membership benefit (the most diverse sports and wellness offering in Europe, with more than 50+ activities).
- Private medical coverage, including inpatient, outpatient, dental care, annual check-ups, and maternity support.
- 24 non-business days per year and an additional 6 paid sick days.
- Transport compensation - 200 euros net per month.
- Competitive remuneration level with annual review.
- Teambuilding activities.
Compensation
Competitive remuneration level with annual review
Work Arrangement
On-site
Team
Structure: Engineering organization led through Engineering Managers and Team Leads
Additional Information
- This is an on-site position based at our office in the Lisbon Metropolitan area.
- Remote or hybrid arrangements are not available once you join the team.
- Candidates must be either already based in Lisbon or eager to relocate to Portugal.
- Full relocation support and visa sponsorship are provided for successful international candidates.
- Relocation package includes tickets, hotel stay for up to 2 weeks, and visa relocation support for employees and their family members.
- Partial compensation is available for English and Portuguese language classes.
- Partial compensation is available for tennis and padel lessons.
- Urban Sport membership includes access to more than 50+ sports and wellness activities.
- Private medical coverage includes inpatient, outpatient, dental care, annual check-ups, and maternity support.
- 24 non-business days per year and 6 paid sick days are provided.
- Transport compensation of 200 euros net per month is provided.
- Teambuilding activities are organized regularly.
Visa sponsorship available
