Backend Team Lead

Description:

About the job

Driivz, a Vontier company, powers the e-mobility revolution with a market-leading, end-to-end EV Charging and Energy Management platform for global charge point operators and electric mobility service providers. 

 We offer a scalable, integrated SaaS solution that enables our clients to efficiently manage their networks and provide EV drivers with exceptional charging experience. 

 Operating in over 35 countries in the US, Europe and Asia, we enable hundreds of millions of events for millions of EV drivers and manage more than 160,000 public chargers (100,000s in roaming). 

Our customers include global industry leaders such as EVgo, Volvo Group, Shell, Circle K, Mer, Recharge, Kople, ESB, CEZ, MOL Group, ST1, and eMobility Power. 

Join our team to work alongside the most brilliant and disruptive minds that are focused on leading the eMobility industry and building a greener world.

What You'll Do

• Lead a Back-End Engineering Team through the execution of the product roadmap and program delivery.
• Build best-in-class developer experiences that accelerate product adoption and satisfaction.
• Conduct architectural, design, and hands-on code reviews that raise the bar for platform quality.
• Design and build agentic infrastructure (throttling, guard rails, model routing, RAG pipelines, tool calling, context augmentation).
• Demonstrate operational excellence by running high-scale, mission-critical platform services.
• Amplify your team's potential through coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Remain hands-on – approximately 50% of your time will be dedicated to active development.

What You'll Bring

• Strong coding skills with the ability to thrive in a dynamic, agile, and entrepreneurial environment.
• At least 3 years of people management experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing and building REST-based APIs.
• Hands-on experience with Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot (experience with Python/Go can also be relevant).
• Proven experience with Microservices architecture.
• Solid knowledge of web application frameworks and hands-on experience with cloud services (AWS/GCP).
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex engineering challenges and push the technical boundaries of online applications.
• Strong interpersonal skills – a natural collaborator and people person.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) and comfort integrating them into day-to-day engineering workflows.
• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent from a recognized university.

Nice to Have

• An AI-first mindset – proactively leveraging AI tooling to improve developer productivity, code quality, and delivery speed.