Senior Engineer Lisboa

Senior Engineer
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Overview

We are a fintech company building the payments infrastructure powering global B2B commerce. We are looking for a Tech Lead to start our second team in Lisbon and play a key role in shaping the future of our technology and products. This is a
- on leadership role where you will combine deep technical expertise with people leadership—guiding, mentoring, and inspiring a team of software engineers while actively contributing to the development and delivery of our core payment solutions.

Responsibilities

• Take involvement and ownership of all aspects of product development, from ideation through architecture to implementation, testing, and continuous deployment.
• Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth integration and timely delivery of features.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to developers, fostering their growth and helping them enhance their skills.
• Lead the design and implementation of RESTful APIs to enable seamless integration with various internal and external systems.
• Optimize application performance to ensure low latency, high availability, and reliability.
• Participate in design and code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.
• Conduct thorough testing of backend components, write automated tests, and ensure high code quality and reliability.
• Identify and address bottlenecks, bugs, and performance issues within the backend infrastructure.
• Stay
  -
  - date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continually improve the development process.
• Contribute to the overall technical strategy and architecture of the product.
• Drive engineering excellence across the team, setting the standard for code quality, testing, scalability, and security.
• Take a lead role in recruiting: help identify, interview, and hire exceptional engineering talent to grow the Lisbon team and support our global ambitions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development with strong expertise in Node. js, React, and Type
  Script.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams in a
  - on capacity.
• Strong
  - on coding skills with a passion for building scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems.
• Solid understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and modern development practices (Agile, CI/CD, Dev
  Ops).
• Experience with RESTful API design and development.
• Strong
  - solving skills and excellent communication abilities.
• Comfortable in a
  - paced, dynamic environment where priorities can shift quickly.

Nice to Have

• Experience in fintech, payments, or financial services.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience working with microservices or
  - driven architectures.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Internet