Software Development Team Leader

Summary

Join Smartcat, a Series C company experiencing 130% year-over-year growth, as a Senior Software Development Leader. Lead a team of up to 7 software developers, owning all technical aspects of development and managing team development, talent acquisition, and member promotion. Drive high-quality product delivery, exceeding customer expectations through close collaboration with product managers and other development teams. You will make architectural and technical design decisions, handle estimations and on-time delivery, develop complex product parts, conduct code reviews, and work on quality and process improvements. Recruit, build, and lead a top-tier engineering team across various regions and time zones. This role requires significant experience in software development and leadership, expertise in managing high-load systems, and proficiency with AI-powered development tools.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years in software development, with 5+ years in leadership managing teams of 5+ engineers
• 5+ years of .NET experience
• Proven leadership and management skills, capable of motivating and guiding teams to achieve objectives
• Own end-to-end delivery timelines with measurable quality metrics
• Lead technical debt reduction initiatives with quantifiable impact
• Mentor team on modern development practices and AI tool adoption
• Experience in scaling products during rapid growth phases
• Expertise in managing high-load, secure, and scalable systems, ensuring robust performance under peak demands
• Familiarity with performance optimization and system resilience strategies
• Adaptability to thrive in a high-intensity startup environment, with a commitment to continuous improvement
• Proficiency with AI-powered development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, JetBrains AI Assistant, you say)
• Experience integrating LLM APIs and AI services into production systems
• Prompt engineering skills for code generation, documentation, and testing
• Receptiveness to feedback and diverse viewpoints
• Based in an EU-friendly timezone
• Demonstrated experience in working within international environments
• Able to cooperate with US-based teams during US morning hours
• Fluency in English

Responsibilities

• Drive the delivery of a high-quality product, exceeding customer expectations
• Work closely with the Product Managers to clarify requirements
• Make architecture and technical design and decisions for the solution
• Make estimations and be responsible to deliver on-time
• Develop the most complex parts of the product
• Code review of your team code
• Work on quality and process improvements together with other teams
• Collaborate with the other development teams to build performant and reliable product
• Partner with the infrastructure team to transform and scale the product for 100x growth
• You know how to use AI-driven agile development to stay flexible and deliver value to customers
• Recruit, build, and lead a top-tier engineering team across various regions and time zones, enhancing the hiring process, offering expert technical guidance, and fostering career development

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in building products from scratch
• Experience with Vue.js, and MongoDB
• Proficiency with public-cloud platforms and services
• Mastery in using AI tools (Copilot/Cursor/WindSurf (etc, you choose), GPT APIs, LLMs) across the entire development lifecycle

Benefits

Fully remote team