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Technical Team Leader
Java
Sonalake

Technical Team Leader

Sonalake
Poznań
Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Senior
Employment Type
Permanent
Operating mode
Remote

Tech stack

    Java
    advanced
    Spring
    advanced
    Spring Boot
    advanced
    AWS
    advanced
    JavaScript
    advanced
    React
    advanced
    Hibernate
    regular
    Docker
    regular
    Linux
    nice to have
    Kotlin
    nice to have

Job description

Online interview
We are growing, and are seeking out experienced engineers to drive our initiatives and lead our teams. That’s where you come in.
We are looking for a person living in Poland, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary or Ireland (and only in these countries), experienced as a backend/frontend developer (5+ years) and with 2+ years of leadership experience.

You'd be leading the team working on our Visimetrix product. The team consists of 6 people, we have Developers (FE & BE), PM, UX Designer & Data Analysts. You'd join the development stage of the product, and in the future lead it's redevelopment into modern tech that we use widely in other parts of Sonalake: React, Tailwind, Spring Boot, Java/Kotlin, TimescaleDB, Telegraf, Loki, and more.

Sonalake is a software partnering company that helps our clients realise their product roadmaps. Product design and engineering are at the heart of our business. Our engineering teams work with clients right across the stack; UX, UI design, frontend, backend, analytics, infrastructure, operations - and everything else that goes into delivering great products.

We thrive on variety and are highly adaptable. Innovation is central to our mission; anticipating future client needs, analysing emerging technologies and developing new products and services. You can read examples of our work here.

Your daily tasks on the job
  1. Lead, mentor and grow your distributed engineering team (~6 people)
  2. Work with the team on design, dependencies, backlog and code maintainability of our Visimetrix product
  3. Provide time and size estimates for project deliverables
  4. Provide accurate status on deliverables and risk throughout the project
  5. Champion best practices for software development
  6. Review team deliverables to ensure that quality goals are met
  7. Perform hands-on software development, requirements capture, specifications

You might be a fit if you have
  • 2+ years experience in a team leader role 
  • Strong coding skills in Java or JavaScript/TypeScript (i.e. you have a history as a backend or a frontend developer)
  • Strong understanding and practical experience in infrastructure (e.g. Docker, AWS, Terraform)
  • Strong understanding and practical experience in multiple databases
  • Familiarity with the full life cycle of software development, from design and implementation to testing and deployment
  • Lead cross-functional teams in agile process implementation and associated tooling
  • A mature understanding to strike the balance between ideal and pragmatic solutions on a case-by-case basis
  • Great communication skills in English - both written and spoken

Benefits (depending on location)
  • Training budget (3kPLN per year +5 days for training)
  • Private healthcare
  • Multisport
  • Integration events & integration budget
  • English lessons
  • Knowledge sharing culture, events & talks
  • Employee referral bonus
  • Contribution to glasses
  • PetHelp