About Remote Labs SRL

Remote Labs SRL is a Romanian education and training company, founded in 2019, that makes hands-on technical training available to anyone, anywhere. We connect real laboratory equipment, servers and test devices to the internet, so students, professionals and company teams can practise on real infrastructure from wherever they are. Around these remote labs we run interactive courses, practical workshops, mentoring and certifications in IT and engineering, helping schools and businesses train people without the cost of building and maintaining physical labs.

About the Role

As a Tech Lead, you will provide technical leadership within a squad while supporting the growth of engineers. You will guide how work is approached from a technical perspective and help develop the team around you. You will lead a squad technically, owning the quality of what the team builds for our remote-lab platform and client projects, and helping every engineer grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the squad from a technical perspective.

• Guide technical decision-making within the team.

• Support and grow engineers through ongoing development.

• Help shape how the squad approaches its technical work.

• Lead the technical direction of your squad and own architecture decisions within it.

• Write code and review pull requests to keep quality high.

• Break down features into clear technical tasks and estimates.

• Mentor engineers through pairing, feedback and career conversations.

• Work with product, delivery and QA to ship reliable releases on time.

• Identify technical debt and plan improvements.

Requirements

• Experience providing technical leadership within a team or squad.

• Ability to support the growth and development of engineers.

• Strong technical judgement.

• Clear communication and collaboration skills.

• 7+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years as a tech lead.

• Strong hands-on skills in at least one backend stack such as Java, .NET, Node.js or Python.

• Experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD and automated testing.

• Proven ability to mentor engineers and lead technical discussions.

Nice to Have

• Experience in EdTech or hardware-integrated systems.

• Experience working with international clients.

• Agile or Scrum certification.

How You Will Work

• Permanent, full-time employment contract with Remote Labs SRL.

• Fully remote: you can work from anywhere, with working hours that overlap with Central European Time.

• Remote Labs SRL does not offer visa sponsorship or visa support.

Skills we're looking for

Technical skills

• Software Development
• Java
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Integration
• Software Architecture

Interpersonal skills

• Team Leadership
• Mentoring
• Decision Making
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Delegation