Java Backend Engineering Lead

Who you are

• Strong experience with Java stack (SpringBoot, Liquidbase, etc.)
• Proven experience leading backend initiatives across multiple teams
• Experience defining architecture and driving adoption at scale
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical direction
• Solid understanding of Java and Postgres performance, database modeling and risk analysis
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders

What the job involves

• We are looking for Backend engineering Lead who will be responsible for the overall backend ecosystem across the organization, combining people leadership with ownership of backend architecture, standards, and delivery quality
• This role ensures that backend development and architecture is consistent, scalable, and aligned with product, while growing backend engineers and enabling teams to deliver effectively
• The Backend Lead operates in close alignment with the Head of Engineering and Chapter Leads, ensuring all key decisions and initiatives follow the broader engineering vision
• 1. Backend Ownership & Strategy
• Define and drive the backend vision across teams (architecture, design systems, tooling, standards)
• Ensure consistency in how backend applications are built and maintained
• Own cross-team backend topics
• Make and enforce key technical decisions when alignment is needed
• 2. Team Leadership & Capability Building
• Lead and support backend engineers, ensuring efficient and impactful delivery of initiatives while driving team engagement, efficiency, and growth
• Raise the bar of backend engineering through running regular 1:1s and performance check-ins, coaching, and clear development support
• Identify skill gaps and drive training, and mentoring initiatives to close skill gaps, improve team capability, and continuously strengthen ways of working
• Own and drive key people processes for the team (in alignment with Tech Leadership), including hiring, onboarding, offboarding, performance reviews, and compensation cycles, ensuring consistency and quality of execution
• Build a strong backend community (guilds, knowledge sharing, standards)
• Own awareness of department KPIs/goals and drive recommendations for continuous improvement in team performance and execution
• 3. Delivery & Quality Accountability
• Ensure backend delivery is predictable, scalable, and high quality across teams
• Identify and resolve systemic delivery or quality issues
• Support teams to avoid risky complex backend initiatives
• 4. Cross-Functional Leadership
• Align backend work with frontend/data/platform constraints and opportunities
• Act as the main escalation point for backend-related decisions
• 5. Hands-on Technical Leadership
• Stay close to the codebase through selective PR reviews and architectural guidance
• Contribute to critical or high-risk backend areas when needed
• Guide teams on best practices (testing, performance, accessibility, maintainability)

Benefits

• 🎓 Mentoring and career development
• 🍼 Truly flexible schedules
• ✈️ The hotel room is your office - we allow working from another country up to 3 months a year
• 🎉 Regular company events
• 💳 Flexible compensation plan - our Edenred and become.1 cards are an open door to customisable benefits and tax savings
• 🍹 A selection of free drinks at the office