we are looking for a Team Lead.
Our engineering squads are responsible for critical domains and products that power our platform and support our users' ongoing relationship with us. The teams develop scalable web platforms, backend services, and applications, and are comprised of skilled engineers across the stack (backend, frontend, and data).
As a Squad Lead, you will be responsible for the team's technical leadership, domain design, and day-to-day execution. You will collaborate closely with product managers and business stakeholders to define priorities and deliver impactful solutions that align with key business goals. We are looking for someone who can drive end-to-end ownership, balance business needs with strong engineering practices, and help shape the direction of our products.
Responsibilities:
Among your key responsibilities, you will lead a highly skilled team that architects and builds scalable systems that serve our customers and partners.
Technical Architecture – Lead the technical architecture and system design for core products and services within your domain.
Team Leadership – Guide a multidisciplinary squad of frontend, backend, and data engineers through implementation, delivery, and iteration.
Stakeholder Collaboration – Work closely with product managers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Strategic Alignment – Ensure development aligns with business objectives, long-term system health, and Sunbits engineering standards.
Quality – Conduct and lead design reviews, code reviews, and performance optimization efforts.
Culture Building – Drive a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Operational Excellence – Oversee system reliability, monitoring, and incident response within your domain.
Our engineering squads are responsible for critical domains and products that power our platform and support our users' ongoing relationship with us. The teams develop scalable web platforms, backend services, and applications, and are comprised of skilled engineers across the stack (backend, frontend, and data).
As a Squad Lead, you will be responsible for the team's technical leadership, domain design, and day-to-day execution. You will collaborate closely with product managers and business stakeholders to define priorities and deliver impactful solutions that align with key business goals. We are looking for someone who can drive end-to-end ownership, balance business needs with strong engineering practices, and help shape the direction of our products.
Responsibilities:
Among your key responsibilities, you will lead a highly skilled team that architects and builds scalable systems that serve our customers and partners.
Technical Architecture – Lead the technical architecture and system design for core products and services within your domain.
Team Leadership – Guide a multidisciplinary squad of frontend, backend, and data engineers through implementation, delivery, and iteration.
Stakeholder Collaboration – Work closely with product managers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Strategic Alignment – Ensure development aligns with business objectives, long-term system health, and Sunbits engineering standards.
Quality – Conduct and lead design reviews, code reviews, and performance optimization efforts.
Culture Building – Drive a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Operational Excellence – Oversee system reliability, monitoring, and incident response within your domain.
Requirements:
2+ years of leadership experience, guiding engineering teams and making architectural decisions
8+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on scalable architecture and system design
Proficiency in modern system architecture with large-scale and high performance.
Impact driven – use data to make sure every task moves the needle and utilize your resources to maximize the team's impact.
Team player with strong communication skills and someone who thrives working in a fast-paced environment.
Creative, solution-oriented, and able to maintain a can do attitude, with the ability to work efficiently under pressure and uncertainty. Adapt quickly to changing business needs.
Familiarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent.
Fluent in English.
Experience with AI tools and a strong interest in continuously exploring and applying them in everyday work are highly valued.
Preferred Experience:
Experience with software development in Kotlin or Java.
Experience with Frontend technologies.
Experience with mobile technologies.
Leading a multidisciplinary team.
Familiarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
Solid understanding of AWS or similar cloud platforms.
Expertise in the Spring Framework.
Proficient in both relational (e.g., MySQL) and non-relational databases (e.g., MongoDB).
Familiarity with message queue technologies such as Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ, or similar.
2+ years of leadership experience, guiding engineering teams and making architectural decisions
8+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on scalable architecture and system design
Proficiency in modern system architecture with large-scale and high performance.
Impact driven – use data to make sure every task moves the needle and utilize your resources to maximize the team's impact.
Team player with strong communication skills and someone who thrives working in a fast-paced environment.
Creative, solution-oriented, and able to maintain a can do attitude, with the ability to work efficiently under pressure and uncertainty. Adapt quickly to changing business needs.
Familiarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent.
Fluent in English.
Experience with AI tools and a strong interest in continuously exploring and applying them in everyday work are highly valued.
Preferred Experience:
Experience with software development in Kotlin or Java.
Experience with Frontend technologies.
Experience with mobile technologies.
Leading a multidisciplinary team.
Familiarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
Solid understanding of AWS or similar cloud platforms.
Expertise in the Spring Framework.
Proficient in both relational (e.g., MySQL) and non-relational databases (e.g., MongoDB).
Familiarity with message queue technologies such as Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ, or similar.
This position is open to all candidates.
