Software Engineering Team Lead

3 days ago

Budapest, Czech Republic SEON Technologies Full time
  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with at least 1–2 years in a technical or team leadership role.
  • Strong expertise in Java (preferably Java 17+) and Spring framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, etc.).
  • Proven experience delivering scalable, production-grade backend systems and APIs.
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems, performance optimization, and microservices.
  • Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized environments.
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative, empathetic leadership style and fluency in English (written and spoken).

Amazing if you also have

  • Working knowledge of Python 3.9+ or openness to learning it for legacy system understanding.
  • Experience with web crawling, scraping systems, or data ingestion pipelines.
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools, distributed tracing, and AWS/Kubernetes infrastructure.
  • Experience leading teams through large-scale refactoring, platform migrations, or tech transformations.

SEON is the leading fraud prevention system of record, catching fraud before it happens at any point across the customer journey. Trusted by over 5,000 global companies, we combine your company’s data with our proprietary real-time signals to deliver actionable fraud insights tailored to your business outcomes. We deliver the fastest time to value in the market through a single API call, enabling quick and seamless onboarding and integration. By analyzing billions of transactions, we’ve prevented $200 billion in fraudulent activities, showcasing why the world’s most innovative companies choose SEON.

As a Software Engineering Team Lead (Data Enrichment, Backend Team), you will lead a team of backend engineers responsible for building, scaling, and modernizing SEON’s data collection systems. You will play a key role in driving the continuous design and development while managing team performance, mentoring engineers, and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery. Your responsibilities will span technical leadership, delivery ownership, and close collaboration with Product Management and Engineering Management to support the team’s growth and effectiveness.

This role reports into the Engineering Manager of Data Enrichment.

This role offers flexibility and is based in our Budapest office with a hybrid schedule of being in the office approximately three days per week.

,[Lead, coach, and support a team of backend engineers working on SEON’s Data Enrichment services., Provide regular feedback, mentorship, and career development support to team members in close collaboration with the Engineering Manager., Set clear expectations, align team priorities, and foster a culture of ownership and continuous improvement., Facilitate onboarding, knowledge sharing, and skills development within the team., Guide the team in designing and building scalable, resilient backend systems using Java and Spring framework., Lead design reviews, architecture discussions, and technology evaluations., Encourage and enforce best practices around code quality, testing, performance, and security., Ensure reliable delivery of features, improvements, and technical initiatives aligned with roadmap goals., Coordinate planning, backlog grooming, and definition of done in collaboration with Product Managers and the Engineering Manager., Identify and mitigate risks or blockers that affect delivery timelines or team velocity., Track engineering KPIs and proactively address areas for improvement., Serve as the team’s primary technical representative in cross-functional planning and prioritization., Partner with Product Management to clarify requirements, scope initiatives, and align on priorities., Collaborate with other engineering teams to resolve dependencies and share architectural vision., Ensure clear, open, and structured communication within and beyond the team., Ensure the team’s systems are well-instrumented, observable, and supported by alerting and diagnostics., Lead and coordinate responses to production issues and post-incident reviews., Drive efforts to improve system reliability, maintainability, and operational efficiency.] Requirements: Backend, Leadership experience, Java, Spring, API, Distributed systems, Performance optimization, Microservices, SQL/NoSQL, CI/CD Pipelines, Python, Web crawling, Scraping systems, Data ingestion pipelines, Monitoring tools, Distributed tracing, AWS/Kubernetes Tools: GitLab, GitHub, Agile, Scrum. Additionally: Employee stock ownership plan, Private health insurance, Enhanced parental leave, Flexible hours, Hybrid working environment, Employee assistance and mental health support, Weekly language courses, Book allowance, Lunch and breakfast, Modern office building.

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