About the project

• We’re looking for a hands-on Team Lead to guide a backend team working on the Home Connect IoT platform — a mature and widely adopted solution that connects smart home appliances across the globe. This role combines technical leadership with active coding responsibilities. You’ll work side by side with the system architect, shaping technical direction, defining priorities, and driving high-quality engineering practices. The position involves close international collaboration within a distributed, cross-functional environment

Your responsibilities

• Lead a team of up to 5 backend developers, fostering ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Work closely with the system architect to drive platform evolution and long-term technical decisions
• Actively contribute to development, architecture discussions, and code quality initiatives
• Define and plan technical work in collaboration with stakeholders and team members
• Promote engineering excellence: clean code, peer reviews, testing, observability, and CI/CD
• Provide mentoring, support, and guidance to team members

Our requirements

• 5+ years of backend development experience with strong hands-on skills in Node.js and TypeScript
• Previous experience in leading or technically owning delivery within a development team
• Deep expertise in AWS, with focus on: Load Balancer (ALB/NLB) management, AWS WAF setup and operations, Security and scalability in cloud-native applications
• Production experience with MongoDB
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and complex backend integrations
• Proficiency with Git, Docker, and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Excellent communication skills in English — written and spoken — to work effectively in international teams
• Proactive, structured, and able to drive initiatives independently

Optional

• Interest in learning Go (Golang) and expanding backend technology skills
• Experience with event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka)
• Exposure to IoT or Smart Home platforms
• Familiarity with tools like Confluence, JIRA, React, or similar

Technologies we use

This is how we work on a project

• code review

• pair programming

• Continuous Deployment

• Continuous Integration

• DevOps

• active monitoring

• documentation

• functional tests

• integration tests

• performance tests

• test automation

• testing environments

• unit tests

What we offer

• Dynamic International Environment: Collaborate with diverse teams globally, enriching your experience and expanding your professional network

• Collaborative Team Culture: Join a supportive team that values your contributions and encourages your growth

• Professional Development Opportunities: Expand your skills through engaging projects and responsibilities that challenge and inspire you

• Flexible hybrid work arrangements: Enjoy a mix of remote work and office collaboration, with a minimum of one day per week in our modern offices

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Enjoy private health care, a Lunchpass card, a sports card, group insurance options and employee discounts