Backend Team Leader

Our technology team is building a platform of solutions that will help accommodation providers optimise the way they run their business. We are investing a lot in R&D with the intention to double the amount of products we host on our platform by the end of the year, and as such are expanding our engineering team. 

We are looking for a proven and experienced Backend Team Lead to join us on our exciting journey. You will be dedicated to one of our product teams, working hands-on on architectural design, estimations and implementation. You will also be working closely as part of a cross functional team and will be the main interface with the engineering lead in planning and managing. Lastly, you will provide strong people leadership to a team of engineers, providing performance reviews, supporting them with technical topics and helping them develop their career.

You will be responsible for: 

• Providing hands on support: working on architecture design, estimations, and implementations with test coverage.

• People Management: being the local tech leader for a team of engineers. Perform 1:1 performance reviews and help in their career growth.

• Collaborating cross-functionally: working in scrum with a cross functional team, with a PM, QA engineer and designer and being the interface between your team and the engineering lead on all topics related to management and planning 

• Proven experience as a Backend Developer in a start-up or scale-up environment 

• Experience as a people manager, or a strong desire to become a people manager 

• In depth knowledge of Node.js or PHP (Laravel)

• Knowledge of Docker and k8s

• Exposure to CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, Circle CI)

• Knowledge of databases such as Postgres and Cassandra

• Experience with Kafka and distributed applications (microservices)

We are on the cusp of an extremely exciting and rewarding journey. This means we will be working hard to tackle complicated challenges as we build a business with significant potential for the future. We will compensate you with a competitive salary that conforms to the market and your experience. 

Smartpricing is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We want sincerity, but always with respect for others and their ideas. We don’t discriminate based on race or ethnic origin, colour, or whether or not you consider yourself to have a disability. Neither will your age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, or political opinions play a part in your application with us.