R&D Team Leader

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Backend Team Leader to lead a multidisciplinary R&D team, driving backend services, mobile applications, and innovative solutions in the banking domain. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic responsibility for delivery, quality, and team growth.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Lead a multidisciplinary development team (backend, mobile, DevOps) through the full product lifecycle - from design to production.
• Mentor and develop team members to achieve professional excellence and cross-domain expertise.
• Architect, design, and implement distributed cloud-based systems and mobile solutions.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Ensure best practices in coding, testing, CI/CD, and deployment across technologies.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement within the team.
  
  

• 3+ years of experience as a Team Lead in R&D environments, with proven leadership and technical depth.
• Strong backend architecture skills and hands-on experience with one or more of the following: Scala, Java, Kotlin.
• Experience with Spring / Spring Boot, build tools, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Deep understanding of relational and non-relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Solid understanding of AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders.
  
  

• Experience in FinTech