Backend Team Lead

Join us in shaping the future of online protection.

Guardio protects millions of people from the threats they never see coming, like phishing scams, financial fraud, and the small cracks in online security that cause big problems. As a B2C company, we build smart, intuitive tools that help individuals and small businesses stay safe, effortlessly.

We’re a fast-growing team of over 90, united by a shared goal: to make digital life safer for everyone. Our culture moves quickly but stays human, rooted in transparency, feedback, and collaboration. And yes, we have a good time while we’re at it, with team dinners and traditional karaoke nights.

If you’re ready to work on meaningful challenges, grow fast, and help shape what online safety looks like for the next million users, you’re in the right place.

So, what’s the job?

We are looking for a Backend Team lead

You will:

• Lead a team of experienced engineers working with Python, cloud infrastructure, and more.
• Drive the full product lifecycle from architecture and design to development, testing, and production.
• Set high coding standards, coach your team, and refine processes to ensure top-notch quality.
• Stay hands-on by contributing to the codebase and staying current with emerging technologies.
• Build robust, high-scale, low-latency systems that protect users in real time against cyber attacks.
• Collaborate closely with cybersecurity researchers and analysts to innovate cutting-edge security products.

Sounds great! Am I the right fit?

Well, our guess is you have a good chance of being that person if you check as many of these as possible:

• You have 2+ years leading teams and 5+ years building backend or full-stack applications from the first commit to production.
• You’re a fast, self-learning, all-around problem solver who turns product goals into high-quality deliverables.
• You excel in collaborating with cross-functional teams and have top-notch communication skills.
• You’re experienced with both relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases.
• Understanding of the web cyber-security landscape, vulnerabilities, and attack surfaces
• Bonus: Experience with big data systems like BigQuery.

Talk nerdy to me.

Don't mind if we do. Our tech stack:

• Python
• Go
• GoogleCloud using K8S
• MySQL + Redis + BigQuery
• Thinking of a great addition? Let's do it.