Job Description
BrainRocket is a software development company. Our team of around 700 tech-savvy professionals has successfully created over 40 cutting-edge products spanning 20 different markets.
We're looking for an experienced Back-end Team Lead with extensive experience in Node.js to join our development team in Lisbon, Portugal. You will lead the development of a new feature for one of our biggest high-load products and be responsible for managing a cross-functional team of 6 people. You will work closely with the global architecture team and deliver both backend and frontend solutions.
✅ Responsibilities as Team Lead:
✔️ Being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes;
✔️ Hiring and training technical personnel;
✔️ Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team;
✔️ Delegating tasks and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals;
✔️ Liaising with team members and management to ensure projects are completed to standard;
✔️ Motivating staff and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns;
✔️ Delegating work and assignments to team members;
✔️ Collaborating with their team to identify and fix technical problems.
And for the Developer part:
✔️ In-house platform development;
✔️ 3rd party API integrations;
✔️ Actively participate in developing new features from scratch.
✅ Requirements:
✔️ At least 8+ years of professional experience in the IT field;
✔️ 3+ years of experience years in leadership positions;
✔️ 3+ years of commercial experience with Node.js;
✔️ 5+ years of commercial experience in web development;
✔️ Knowledge of JavaScript and the ECMAScript 6 standards;
✔️ Commercial experience in implementing the REST and WebSockets;
✔️ Experience of Git version control system;
✔️ Experience with commercial databases MySQL;
✔️ Experience with RabbitMQ;
✔️ Experience with Redis;
✔️At least upper-intermediate level of English.
✔️ Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills;
✔️ Strong leadership and organizational abilities.
✅ Nice to Have:
✔️ Experience with TypeScript.
✅ 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 lessons;
🏥 Global coverage health insurance;
🏝 Time for proper rest, with 24 working days of annual vacation and additional paid sick days;
🚌 Transport compensation - 300 euros net per month;
📈 Competitive remuneration level with annual review;
🤝 Teambuilding activities.
Join BrainRocket and rock with us! 🚀