Technical Leading (TL) for Product Teams

At Mindera, we craft software with people we love. 💛

We're looking for a Technical Lead for a Product Team who would be responsible for the technical direction of the product, including the scalability and reliability of the systems built and owned. Guide the development team, make architectural decisions within the product, and ensure the scalability and maintainability of the product.

Expected travelling time (UK and USA): 0%-15%, varies according to project/client. You will be working with teams across different time zones and locations.

Requirements

Technical excellence

1. By example: They are someone who is looked up to by others members of the engineering team for their ability to solve technical problems, work at pace and refactor by default .They hold themselves and their work to a high standard, whether being asked to or not.
2. Teach, Coach, Pair: They thrive on working with members of their team to solve problems and gain satisfaction from seeing others succeed. They know the difference between teaching and coaching, and are able to flex between the two as the situation demands. They believe in pairing and are happy to demonstrate as when it is possible.

Leadership

1. Collaboration: They build strong relationships product and technology colleagues, leveraging their unique expertise to make informed decisions and drive the product forward. They actively collaborate, share knowledge, and work towards a common goal with their Product Manager.
2. Shared ownership: They share ownership of the product's success and health of the team that owns it. They help make decisions, take accountability, and celebrate achievements with their team.
3. Open communication: They contribute effectively to regular meetings, stand-ups, and brainstorming sessions, to ensure that all members of the team are informed and aligned. They openly discuss challenges, provide feedback, and seek opportunities for improvement. They ensure there is a clear process for how to get work done.
4. Agility: They are advocates of the agile mindset, allowing for quick iterations, adaptability, and continuous improvement. They embrace change, learn from failures, and adjust as needed to deliver a successful product.

Day-to-Day

• You'll need broad know-how from FE, BE and Mobile technologies and you'll take responsibility to decide with the Product Manager and Platform Leads the correct implementation approach of each feature.
• The role is hands-off you are not expect to code, but you will need a deep technical know-how of each of the technologies to be able to discuss and decide each of the approaches.
• You will also be in contact when necessary with the Architecture Group to make sure the decisions are aligned with the broader company strategy and technical constraints.

Benefits

The Things We Really Care About:

• Health Insurance, because health comes first
• Flexible working hours
• Open holidays, take the time you need for yourself
• Profit distribution for everyone
• Mindera Annual Trip, Sports, and sharing groups to connect and have fun!
• Training & conferences, create your own training plan
• Child Care vouchers

Other Good Things:

• Choose Laptop & Peripherals that best suit your needs
• Hotspot with unlimited usage (PT), for work or Netflix ;)
• We have amazing offices in Porto, Aveiro, and Coimbra if you want to physically connect with minders. Remote is also an option.
• At the offices, we have a wide range of snacks to keep you fed and healthy
• Partnerships with local businesses

About Mindera

At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.

Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.

We partner with our clients, to understand their products and deliver high-performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world.

You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.

Our culture reflects our lean and self management attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.

We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.

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Our offices are located: Porto, Portugal | Aveiro, Portugal | Coimbra, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | San Francisco, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Blumenau, Brazil