Lead Software Engineer - Peer Community

This is a unique opportunity for a systematic, technically strong, and driven individual to make a big impact on Gartner's P eer E xperiences roadmap as part of the Gartner Digital Product Technology group. We are looking for impact-driven, self-motivated problem solvers bringing Full Stack experience.

Peer Experiences is a key initiative at Gartner focused on delivering faster, more seamless access to real-world peer insights. In this role, you'll partner closely with the product engineering team and collaborate across product, design, and QA to drive the technical execution of the roadmap and elevate the end - to - end client experience. You will also play a critical role in mentoring engineers, fostering best practices, and supporting a smooth and reliable release process.

What you will do:

• Assume major responsibility for Peer Community user-facing platforms.

• Participate actively in architectural planning and decisions.

• Design and build full-stack architecture and functionality for the web .

• Design and build effective APIs and scalable backend systems.

• Work closely with Design and Product teams to build a truly useful product.

• Understand user requirements and help understand and provide input into product strategy.

• Build and enforce guidelines for clean, maintainable code.

Do you have experience in React?, * 6 + years of experience using TypeScript and web frameworks like Next.js (preferred), React, Angular or similar

• Strong backend engineering expertise in designing, building, and scaling distributed services and APIs, with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.

• Hands - on experience with AI engineering, including using agentic workflows and tool s like Claude, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor to refactor, support TDD, and rapidly prototype.

• Ability to work effectively in legacy codebases with meaningful technical debt, helping drive a path toward improving code quality and structure.

• Strong collaboration, communication, and adaptability, thriving in fast-moving environments with changing or ambiguous requirements.

• Proactively identifies risks and takes ownership of solutions, maintaining alignment with team goals during and after decision-making

• Strong ver bal English skills (we work in English!)

Nice to have / opportunity to learn (depending on the team)

• Exp erience working with MongoDB or other No SQL databases.

• Mix of startup / enterprise experience or demonstrated ability to ship quickly with a high ownership mindset.

• Abilit y to work across the stack when needed., Applications must be submitted in English.

• A valid EU visa/passport is required for this position.

Pulled from the full job description

• Retirement plan
• Dental insurance, Don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles.

How we work:

• We work with a focus on continuous, iterative delivery.

• We rely on communication and collaboration over planning and documents.

• We test heavily allowing us to rapidly deliver changes with minimal risk.

• We are a flat organization with minimal management overhead.

• We are used to working remotely with the team spread out in the US, Canada, India and Spain.

• Fun culture and great coworkers.

What you will get:

• Competitive compensation

• 25 days annual holiday and an additional day off for your birthday.

• Private Medical and Dental Care.

• Life and Disability Insurance.

• Public Transport Subsidy.

• Ticket Restaurant Card.

• Childcare Vouchers (Ticket Guarderia ).

• IncentiFit - annual reimbursement for health-and-wellness-related activities.

• Pension Scheme.

• Tuition Reimbursement.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Gartner Gives Charity Match.

• Relocation Assistance - a specialist to help you with all the appointments and paperwork.

• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.

• A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.

• A chance to make an impact - your work will contribute directly to our strategy.

• Hybrid Work Environment - enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.

• New offices close to Glòries and the beach in the fantastic, " innovation and tech " 22@ district of sunny Barcelona.

• Fresh fruit, snacks, selection of teas, fair trade organic coffee.

And much more!

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