Team Lead

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The Team Lead is responsible for leading a cross-functional engineering team with a focus on delivering operational excellence, fostering team growth, and aligning delivery efforts with business objectives. This is a foundational leadership role that ensures team effectiveness through strategic planning, performance management, and strong collaboration with technical and business stakeholders. The Team Lead acts as a force multiplier, enabling individuals and the team to succeed. Job Responsibilities Team Operations & Performance: • Organize and manage the daily operations of the team, including workload planning and delivery execution. • Facilitate key team rituals such as sprint plannings, stand-ups, retrospectives, and grooming sessions. • Act as the primary resolver of team-level blockers and escalate issues when appropriate. • Track key performance metrics and ensure alignment with business expectations. People Management & Development: • Lead recruitment efforts in collaboration with the hiring team; participate in interviews and decision-making. • Own onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure smooth transitions. • Set clear goals for team members and conduct regular one-on-one meetings to discuss performance, growth, and well-being. • Drive motivation and engagement by fostering a positive team culture and identifying risks of burnout. • Develop and review individual career plans; provide timely and constructive feedback. • Conduct performance reviews and participate in compensation and promotion discussions. Planning & Prioritization: • Oversee task decomposition and estimation. • Distribute and monitor progress on tasks, ensuring alignment with project goals and team capabilities. • Balance urgent needs with planned initiatives and drive prioritization discussions with stakeholders. • Manage sprint priorities and ensure team members understand focus areas. Cross-Functional Collaboration: • Act as a central point of contact for product managers, project managers, and other team leads. • Coordinate cross-team tasks and dependencies to reduce delivery friction. • Communicate breaking changes and key updates to relevant teams in a timely manner. • Foster transparency and efficiency in cross-team workflows. Risk Management: • Monitor and mitigate team-level risks including bus factor, knowledge silos, and delivery blockers. • Proactively address risks related to team structure (e.g., attrition, promotions, reassignments). • Collaborate with Technical Leads to identify and plan for technical risks and maintenance efforts. • Provide input into workforce planning and hiring priorities. Process & Continuous Improvement: • Track and analyze team-level and product-related metrics; define and maintain baselines. • Challenge the validity and usefulness of existing metrics and propose improvements. • Implement and adapt new team processes, assess adoption, and collect feedback to iterate. • Pilot process innovations at the team level and support broader adoption if successful. You’ll thrive here if you have In general: • 6+ years in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership or management role. • Experience leading cross-functional teams (engineers, QA, product/design if applicable). • Proven success in delivering projects on time and aligned with business goals. • Familiarity with agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), ability to adapt processes. • Prior involvement in recruitment, onboarding, and performance reviews. Hard Skills: • Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, architecture, and engineering best practices. • Ability to decompose tasks, estimate workload, prioritize effectively, and track progress. • Experience defining, tracking, and improving delivery, quality, and cycle time metrics. • Ability to identify delivery, knowledge, and people-related risks, and plan mitigation strategies. • Experience managing dependencies, communicating changes, and ensuring alignment across stakeholders. • Ability to implement new processes, measure adoption, and iterate based on feedback. Soft Skills: • Ability to foster a positive culture, maintain morale, and prevent burnout. • Skilled in goal-setting, career planning, coaching, and giving constructive feedback. • Able to mediate disputes, handle underperformance, and maintain productive dynamics. • Strong communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Balances immediate delivery needs with long-term improvements and business objectives. • Comfortable adjusting processes, priorities, and focus in changing environments. Must-have Behaviors: • Takes ownership of delivery and team health. • Proactive in identifying problems before they escalate. • Acts as a force multiplier, enabling others rather than micromanaging. • Challenges assumptions (processes, metrics, plans) constructively. • Demonstrates transparency and fairness in decisions around performance, compensation, and promotions. Conditions We know that great talent deserves great conditions, so here's what you can expect when joining us: • EU-based employment contract and a 3-year Cyprus work visa with full support for your relocation and visa processes, including assistance for your family. • EU passport. Opportunity to obtain an EU passport after 4 years of residence • Full relocation package: flights to Limassol for you and your family, a company-covered apartment for the first month, and full relocation support to make your move smooth and hassle-free. • Transparent performance reviews twice a year, with bonus opportunities and salary adjustments. • Private medical insurance for you and your family • Provident fund (Cyprus): a long-term savings plan co-funded by you and the Company together (available after probation) that grows throughout your time with us in Cyprus. • Corporate mobile plan (unlimited in Cyprus with roaming included) • Mindfulness & well-being support, including psychological assistance with 50% coverage. • 50% coverage of school and kindergarten fees for your children. • Fully covered sports benefits, and also access to in-house electric scooters and bike rentals • Professional growth support: language courses, conferences, training programs, and coaching. • Peer recognition program: receive and share kudos for great work. • A fully equipped office in Limassol’s city center, with everything you need for deep work and collaboration. • Free breakfasts and lunches in the office and an in-house coffee bar with high-quality drinks and a health bar stocked with nutritious snacks. • A strong engineering culture: international teams, corporate events, team buildings, and hackathons — because great work happens in great communities. Recruitment process • HR interview (45 min). • First Interview: Team & Process Block (60 min). • Second Interview: Business & Technical Block (60 min). • Possibly can be arranged a Final cultural fit interview / Q&A (60 min).