Engineering Team Leader

Job Description

Hibob is a vibrant, dynamic, happy place to work. A start-up with an amazing culture, and bright and resourceful people in London, Amsterdam, New York, Sydney, and Tel Aviv. We’re growing fast and looking for a talented and passionate Engineering Team Leader to join us!

Job Requirements

7+ years of professional experience in software engineering with a strong backend background.

3+ years of experience as a team leader, preferably in dynamic, fast-paced companies.

Excellent knowledge of software design and scalable web architecture.

Experience developing SaaS products hosted in a cloud platform like AWS or equivalent.

People person with strong leadership skills who can build a winning team.

Independent, resourceful, and proactive team player who desires to impact our team, product, and customers.

Excellent communication skills in both Hebrew and English.

Experience with developing infrastructure components - shared libraries, and foundational services.

Experience with build and CI/CD processes.

Proven experience in performance optimization.

The following is a big plus

Experience developing a product from scratch

Experience with JVM languages - Kotlin / Java / Scala

Working with various data infrastructure technologies

Mentoring and leading internal guilds / Tech-forums

Job Responsibilities

What will you do?
Hibob is a vibrant, dynamic, happy place to work. A start-up with an amazing culture, and bright and resourceful people in London, Amsterdam, New York, Sydney, and Tel Aviv. We’re growing fast and looking for talented and passionate Engineering Team Leader to join us!
In this role, you will lead a team responsible for developing employee data HR management module, focusing on the feature and infra aspects of the module. This is the most important entity in HiBob and responsible for most data in the system. Your team will design, implement, and maintain employee data & profile, both frontend and backend, be responsible for the data layer, data flows, work closely with the team’s product manager on defining new functionalities and improving existing features.
As an Engineering Team Leader, you will be in charge of hiring, onboarding, growing, and mentoring your team of backend and frontend engineers, while working closely with our Product team to build and execute on a roadmap of exciting features. You should be passionate about people management as well as software engineering and building a product end-to-end, as your team will be responsible for owning the dev cycle from the technical design, through coding and testing, to deployment and monitoring. We work in a true continuous delivery environment with fully automated QA processes on a microservices architecture, deploying to

Job Benefits

HiBob is a village filled with amazing people and we’re especially proud of that. It’s a place where Bobbers can be themselves. We’re about fun, dreams, hopes and ambition, just as much as we are about precision, growth, and top performance. Becoming a Bobber means you’ll receive competitive Total Reward offer including:

 Financial & Equity Incentives 💰
Equity Plan: Participation in the Company Share Options Plan
Social Contributions and Keren Hishtalmut
Employee Referral Program: $2,500 for each successful hire
Wolt Benefit (meal card): ₪1,000 per month

 Health, Wellness 🏥
Private Health Insurance: Comprehensive premium medical coverage
Sick Leave: Full payment from the first day of illness
Wellness Benefits: Annual Headspace subscription and dedicated wellness programs
Preventive Screening: Health screenings for employees aged 40+

 Work-Life Balance & Leave ⚖️
Paid Time Off: Competitive paid time off policy
HiBaby: 3 weeks of additional fully paid bounding time for new parents
Bob Balance Days: 4 additional company-wide "long weekend" days (one per quarter)
Social Impact: 2 paid days per year for volunteering and social contribution
Work from Anywhere: Temporary remote work option for up to 2 months (available after 6 months of tenure).
Birthday Day Off: Enjoy a day off during your birthday month

 Hybrid Work & Office Environment 🏠
Hybrid Model: A flexible balance between office and home-based work
Home Office Allowance: One-time stipend to ensure an ergonomic and productive home setup
Transportation: Monthly travel allowance or parking arrangements
Pet-Friendly: Dog-friendly office environment to support a stress-free workplace

 Culture & Growth 🎉
Social Events: Regular team-building and company-wide events, both local and global
Professional Growth: A culture built on precision, performance, and ambitious career scaling

If this sounds like something you’ve been looking for, we’d love to have you. Come on, join our village 🚀