Tech Lead

Summary

Join Lighthouse's rocketship in revolutionizing the hospitality sector as a Tech Lead for our cross-product services team.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional experience as a backend developer
• Experience writing Python
• Experience working with web application frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI, Express. Ruby on Rails, Laravel, Phoenix,...)
• Experience in shaping and managing a backlog of a product or technical domain
• Experience in people management
• Comfortable guiding and coordinate work among a team of both juniors and seniors
• Ability to coach your team, both the juniors and seniors
• Actively addresses problems when identified and assumes responsibility for work
• Able to lead, prioritize, delegate and inspire in an ambiguous, highly dynamic, and highly demanding technology environment
• A clear communicator, fluent in English

Responsibilities

• Execute and drive a development roadmap together with your team
• Work closely together with the product manager and designer of your product trio to define and manage the roadmap of your domain
• Play a leading role during the development phase, by facilitating the relevant scrum ceremonies, as well as ensuring the dev team has all the context needed for a successful implementation
• Actively participate in the product ideation process by suggesting product improvements, translating product goals and product feedback into high level functional designs, and be a critical voice in the process
• Represent and communicate the technical impact of your roadmap both to fellow engineering teams as well as other non-technical stakeholders
• Build up a deep knowledge and understanding about repositories and capabilities of related teams (design, API) and advise them during developments
• Be the technical go-to-person for your domain
• Review technical issues and escalations and take action where necessary
• Coach new engineers into understanding the technical background of your domain
• Lead technology & architectural choices in your domain
• Design, scope and implement complex features that may not be well defined
• Have strong, well-founded opinions about how to build software in your domain, but be adaptable and open to new ideas
• Have a long term vision on the technical capabilities, growth and the role of the team
• Grow a great team
• Hire, develop and coach an exceptional team of engineers
• Coach team members on personal and professional development
• Plan and prioritize work within your domain roadmap(s), absorbing planning complexity for team members
• Make your team a better place and feel part of Lighthouse’s mission
• Partner with engineering leadership to define strategy and vision on technology, product or team-related topics and take responsibility in defining how that impacts your team

Benefits

• Flexible working environment: Work from home or at one of our global offices
• Flexible time off: Autonomy to manage your work-life balance
• Collaborative team: High-bar, friendly, creative, and passionate colleagues
• Career development: Workshops, frameworks, tools, training, and processes to realize your full potential
• Impactful work: Shape products relied on by 85,000+ users worldwide
• Mobility options: Mobility budget or company car tailored to your needs
• Comprehensive health insurance: Extensive coverage for you and your dependents
• Private pension funding: Group insurance to secure your future
• Competitive compensation: Proactively maintained to value your work
• Referral bonuses: Earn rewards for bringing in new talent