Software Development Team Lead

About the role

Upstream, a global mobile marketing automation and digital services provider, is looking for a Software Development Team Lead to join its team in Athens, Greece. The role leads a group of software engineers through the full development lifecycle, from concept and design to delivery and production support, combining hands-on technical work with people management.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and support a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing engineering culture.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching and regular feedback to team members.
• Help the team prioritize work, remove blockers and deliver projects and features on time.
• Promote engineering best practices, code quality and continuous improvement.
• Contribute hands-on to the design, development and delivery of software, and troubleshoot existing products and infrastructure.
• Work with Product Managers, UI/UX designers, QA Automation and DevOps engineers on reliable, scalable solutions.
• Investigate alternative technologies and propose them for architectural review.
• Take part in hiring, onboarding and team growth initiatives.

Required profile

• 8+ years of full-time professional full-stack web development experience; technical leadership and mentoring experience is a plus.
• Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent degree.
• Experience designing and developing full-stack applications with JavaScript and TypeScript, and with React, Next.js and Express.js.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, responsive design, HTTP APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases and caches (e.g. MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, Memcached).
• Agile/Scrum experience; strong communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent command of English.

Required skills

• JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Express.js
• HTML, CSS, responsive design
• HTTP APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases and caches
• CI/CD, cloud-native environments and containers (a plus)