Job Description

1. Recruit and manage an interdisciplinary team of 5-7 full stack developers working on all aspects of our platform, evaluate their performance and develop their careers to their full potential
2. Collaborate closely with the product and design teams, ensure the backlog is always well groomed by the team, requirements are properly translated into technical designs and trade-offs taken into account
3. Lead by example, develop, test and deploy code that is part of a product used by millions of people every month while maintaining a high-quality standard for all aspects of the code
4. Keep operations running smoothly, create and coordinate emergency plans, establish first points of contact and organize post-mortem learning sessions
5. Enable the team to incrementally deliver production results on a daily basis, highlight process bottlenecks and automation potential to optimize the teams' productivity
6. Foster and environment of knowledge sharing, identify knowledge gaps and silos, conflicts in the team and take full ownership of the well-being and morale of the team
7. In collaboration with the VP Engineering, set and drive the vision for the technology stack and architecture, make sure we double down on our competitive advantages through bleeding edge technology 

Job Requirements

1. A Bachelor's Degree/Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related subject 
2. 3-5 years of experience leading and hiring development teams in a company known for best-in-class products with an engineering department of 20+ people 
3. A team player that excels in motivating engineers, unlock their potential, provide performance reviews and develop their careers 
4. Track record of taking full ownership and bringing new features, scenarios and products to the market 
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6. Led an agile approach in a multi-national and interdisciplinary team, holds at least one official certificate from the SCRUM alliance 
7. Fluent in fundamental computer science concepts, from algorithms and design patterns, over database paradigms and frontend technologies to scalable systems
8.  Knows when to apply the latest developments in architectural patterns and technologies, specifically in open-source and across frontend and backend
9. Curious, data-driven approach with a relentless attention to details, never satisfied with the results 
10. Expert in Engineering Lifecycles and related practices including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment 
11. Still hands-on with the team in technical discussions and code reviews but also by developing and deploying own code on a daily basis 

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