- Company Name
- Intec Select
- Job Title
- Software Engineering Team Lead
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Software Engineering Team Lead
**Role Summary**
Lead a multidisciplinary team of backend, full‑stack, and front‑end engineers to design, develop, and maintain high‑performance, scalable digital products for millions of daily users. Provide architectural direction, enforce best practices, and drive rapid, iterative delivery while fostering innovation, quality, and cross‑functional collaboration.
**Expectations**
- 6‑month, remote‑friendly contract with occasional on‑site collaboration.
- Demonstrate proven leadership by coaching and growing engineering talent.
- Own product delivery, ensuring timely release of robust, scalable software.
- Champion technical excellence, continuous improvement, and experimentation.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Build, mentor, and expand a team of software and QA engineers.
- Deliver architectural guidance and hands‑on technical support.
- Collaborate with Product, UX, QA, and senior technical leads on roadmap and feature priorities.
- Own code quality: conduct reviews, enforce standards, and promote CI/CD pipelines.
- Drive rapid, iterative development of scalable B2C/B2B solutions.
- Encourage experimentation with emerging technologies, including AI/ML/LLM tools.
- Champion best practices in testing, documentation, and release management.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and ownership.
**Required Skills**
- 5+ years software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
- Proficient in Python (essential) and experience with AWS services.
- Strong background with Node.js, TypeScript, and relational databases (SQL).
- Hands‑on expertise in CI/CD, DevOps tooling, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver scalable digital products with >5,000 DAUs.
- Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
- Experience with Agile/Lean development practices.
- Ability to architect for scalability, reliability, and performance.
**Desirable Skills** (not mandatory)
- EdTech, innovation, or new product development experience.
- Front‑end development experience and hands‑on UI work.
- Experience building AI/ML/LLM‑powered applications.
- Familiarity with big‑data tooling.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
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