The ideal profile is someone who can operate as both a technical lead and a people lead, with enough architectural maturity to guide a squad working on a modern distributed platform.
Strong senior-level software development experience, preferably with Java and Spring Boot.
Previous experience in a technical leadership, team leadership or squad leadership role.
Good understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems and backend engineering principles.
Practical experience with Spring Boot, REST APIs, relational databases and modern backend development practices.
Solid understanding of clean code, code review practices, testing principles and engineering quality standards.
Understanding of containerization and deployment concepts, such as Docker and Kubernetes.Experience with asynchronous communication, queues or event-driven patterns.
A people-oriented leadership style, with the ability to coach, motivate and support engineers at different seniority levels.
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with product, architecture and delivery stakeholders.
Fluency in English, both spoken and written.

We have an opportunity for a Squad Lead (Technical Team Lead) to contribute to the development of a large-scale cloud-native microservices platform in the Mobility and digital payments space. As a Squad Lead, you will lead a team of approximately 6–7 software developers and QA engineers, while remaining close to the technical implementation. The role combines people leadership, delivery ownership and strong technical contribution, especially around backend development, microservices architecture and engineering quality. Your role will be to help the squad deliver reliable, scalable and well-structured software, while supporting the team’s technical maturity, performance and collaboration with Product, Architecture and Delivery stakeholders. Lead a squad of 6-7 software developers and QA engineers, ensuring clear priorities, delivery focus and healthy team dynamics. Contribute to technical decisions, solution design, code quality and implementation standards. Support the Delivery Lead in maintaining high engineering standards and meeting delivery milestones. Guide the team in building and evolving microservices-based solutions using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs and cloud technologies. Review technical approaches, challenge design decisions and ensure alignment with the broader platform architecture. Participate in refinements with the Product Owner and help translate user stories into technically sound delivery plans. Stay close to the codebase through technical reviews, peer review, solution validation and hands-on contribution when needed. Monitor squad performance, workload, quality and delivery predictability.Mentor team members, support skills development and provide regular feedback. Collaborate with distributed teams and stakeholders involved in product, architecture, delivery and platform development. The tech stack used by the team includes: Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, relational databases, asynchronous communication, Angular, JIRA etc. The work is a very flexible hybrid model, with 5 days / month in the office (Eroii Revolutiei, next to the Metro station) Competitive compensation and benefits package. Hybrid, Bucharest

The employer is a global digital services and payments organization, active across employee benefits, fleet and mobility solutions, and corporate payment services. The Group connects more than 60 million users, over 1 million corporate clients and more than 2 million partner merchants across 44 countries, generating 3 billion EUR in revenues in 2025. The product is part of the Mobility business line and supports fleet-related payment and service flows across Europe. It connects drivers, fleet managers and merchants through a platform covering fuel payments, tolls, parking, service and maintenance, as well as newer electric vehicle-related services.