Team Lead Backend Developer (Node.js) - Relocation to Portugal Required

❗️ Please Note: This position is listed as "Remote" to reach top talent worldwide. However, please be aware that this is an on-site role in the Lisbon Metropolitan area. Remote or hybrid arrangements are not available. We are looking for candidates eager to relocate and grow their careers in Portugal.

✈️ Relocation Support: We provide a full relocation package and visa sponsorship for successful international candidates.

📍 Office Location: BrainRocket Portugal

🚀 BrainRocket is a global company creating end-to-end tech products for clients across Fintech, iGaming, and Marketing. Young, ambitious, and unstoppable, we've already taken Cyprus, Malta, Portugal, Poland, and Serbia by storm. Our BRO team consists of 1,300 bright minds creating innovative ideas and products. We don’t follow formats. We shape them. We build what works, launch it fast, and make sure it hits.

⚡ We are looking for an experienced Team Lead Backend Developer (Node.js) to join our development team in Lisbon. This is a highly hands-on role: you will lead a cross-functional team, actively writing and reviewing code, shaping architecture, and driving technical excellence. You will play a key role in building high-performance payment systems, ensuring scalability and security for real-money transactions.

🎯 Your Mission:

Lead a cross-functional team of engineers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and timely releases for our in-house payment gateway. You will be deeply involved in coding, architectural decisions for microservices, and system improvements, all while mentoring your team and fostering a collaborative, transparent, and growth-oriented environment within the fintech domain.

✅ Responsibilities:

• Manages a cross-functional team of engineers by conducting activities such as periodic feedback, one-to-one sessions, performance evaluations, and preparing individual development plans for direct reports.

• Helps manage resources within the team, assigns tasks, and ensures a balanced workload among engineers.

• Personally engages in product development, writing and reviewing code, and delivering periodic product improvements.

• Leads the development of the in-house fintech platform with a focus on performance, scalability, and security.

• Builds and manages complex payment API integrations with banks, PSPs, and third-party services.

• Participates in agile ceremonies (Scrum/Kanban) to ensure team alignment and adherence to agile best practices.

• Improves platform quality by refactoring code, identifying and resolving technical debt, and optimizing architecture for high-load integrations.

• Creates solution designs and determines technical implementations for product changes, specifically regarding microservices and messaging systems.

• Supports Engineering Managers in creating new guidelines and ensuring domain knowledge of payment flows is well documented.

✅ Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

• 8+ years of professional experience in IT, with 3+ years in leadership positions.

• 2+ years of experience in Fintech, banking, or financial systems (experience with real-money transactions is highly preferred).

• 3+ years of commercial experience with Node.js and strong proficiency in TypeScript.

• Hands-on experience with RabbitMQ, Redis, MySQL, and MongoDB.

• Expert knowledge of REST, GraphQL, and WebSockets for secure financial integrations.

• Experience with Kubernetes, microservices architecture, and secure development practices.

• Advanced level of English.

✅ Recruitment Process:

1. Interview with the Recruiter.

2. Technical Interview.

3. Final Interview with the Hiring Team.

4. Offer.

✅ We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to:

💻 Learning and development opportunities and interesting, challenging tasks.

✈️ Relocation package (tickets, staying in a hotel for up to 2 weeks, and visa relocation support for our employees and their family members).

📚 Opportunity to develop language skills, with partial compensation for the cost of English and Portuguese language classes (for localization purposes).

🎾 Partial compensation for tennis and padel lessons.

🏀 Urban Sport membership benefit (the most diverse sports and wellness offering in Europe, with more than 50+ activities).

🏥 Private medical coverage, including inpatient, outpatient, dental care, annual check-ups, and maternity support.

🏝 Time for proper rest, with 24 non-business days per year and an additional 6 paid sick days.

🚌 Transport compensation - 200 euros net per month.

📈 Competitive remuneration level with annual review.

🤝 Teambuilding activities.

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