Java Backend Engineering Lead

We are looking for Backend engineering Lead who will be responsible for the overall backend ecosystem across the organization, combining people leadership with ownership of backend architecture, standards, and delivery qualityThis role ensures that backend development and architecture is consistent, scalable, and aligned with product, while growing backend engineers and enabling teams to deliver effectivelyThe Backend Lead operates in close alignment with the Head of Engineering and Chapter Leads, ensuring all key decisions and initiatives follow the broader engineering visionDefine and drive the backend vision across teams (architecture, design systems, tooling, standards)Ensure consistency in how backend applications are built and maintainedOwn cross-team backend topicsMake and enforce key technical decisions when alignment is neededLead and support backend engineers, ensuring efficient and impactful delivery of initiatives while driving team engagement, efficiency, and growthRaise the bar of backend engineering through running regular 1:1s and performance check-ins, coaching, and clear development supportIdentify skill gaps and drive training, and mentoring initiatives to close skill gaps, improve team capability, and continuously strengthen ways of workingOwn and drive key people processes for the team (in alignment with Tech Leadership), including hiring, onboarding, offboarding, performance reviews, and compensation cycles, ensuring consistency and quality of executionBuild a strong backend community (guilds, knowledge sharing, standards)Own awareness of department KPIs/goals and drive recommendations for continuous improvement in team performance and executionEnsure backend delivery is predictable, scalable, and high quality across teamsIdentify and resolve systemic delivery or quality issuesSupport teams to avoid risky complex backend initiativesAlign backend work with frontend/data/platform constraints and opportunitiesAct as the main escalation point for backend-related decisionsStay close to the codebase through selective PR reviews and architectural guidanceContribute to critical or high-risk backend areas when neededGuide teams on best practices (testing, performance, accessibility, maintainability)BenefitsTruly flexible schedulesA selection of free drinks at the officeRegular company eventsMentoring and career developmentThe hotel room is your office - we allow working from another country up to 3 months a yearFlexible compensation plan - our Edenred and become.1 cards are an open door to customisable benefits and tax savingsQualificationsStrong experience with Java stack (SpringBoot, Liquidbase, etc.)Experience working with cross-functional stakeholdersSolid understanding of Java and Postgres performance, database modeling and risk analysisProven experience leading backend initiatives across multiple teamsExperience defining architecture and driving adoption at scaleExperience mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical direction#J-*****-Ljbffr

Strong experience with Java stack (SpringBoot, Liquidbase, etc.) Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders Solid understanding of Java and Postgres performance, database modeling and risk analysis Proven experience leading backend initiatives across multiple teams Experience defining architecture and driving adoption at scale Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical direction #J-*****-Ljbffr