Team Lead - Back-End Development REF-J01-684

Job Description

The Back-End Development Team Lead plays a pivotal role in leading and managing an offshore backend development team, delivering high-quality software solutions, and ensuring adherence to engineering excellence. This role is essential to designing and implementing components for Mercans’ global payroll software, HR Blizz, and other solutions. The Team Lead is responsible for maintaining engineering standards, optimizing performance, mentoring team members, and building scalable, robust, and secure systems that meet business requirements.

Qualifications / Skills

Minimum Requirements for Candidates

  • 5+ years of relevant work experience in backend developmen
  • 3+ years of experience designing microservice solutions.
  • 4 years of experience with technologies such as Kotlin, Java/Spring, and relational/non-relational databases (MySQL, MongoDB).
  • Strong understanding and practical experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, technologies, or applications relevant to the role.
  • Experience with Docker, containerization, and CI/CD tools.
  • Proven track record of leading a team of 4-5 or more engineers for 2+ years
  • Proficiency in building APIs and working with private/public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Strong understanding of SQL, event-driven architecture, and experience with queues (e.g., RabbitMQ).
  • Hands-on experience with test-driven development processes.

Expectations for Ideal Candidates

  • Experience automating HR or Finance domain processes.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and lead a team of offshore backend developers to ensure successful project delivery.
  • Conduct technical interviews for new roles within the team.
  • Mentor junior team members and promote technical knowledge sharing.
  • Contribute toward achieving team and organizational goals.
  • Design and implement robust, scalable, and highly available backend systems using a modern technology stack.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and secure code for web services, applications, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of HR Blizz system integrations with client applications.
  • Validate code quality with automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
  • Establish engineering, architecture, coding, and other standards to support the software development process.
  • Identify and optimize performance issues in software and infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on design, best practices, and code reviews.
  • Create and maintain professional technical documentation for internal and external use
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Closing: 03.08.2026
Closing: 03.08.2026
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