Team Lead Software Engineering
October 1 50676, Köln
Department
IT
Responsibilities
- People Leadership: You motivate, supervise and lead a software development team in disciplinary and technical terms. Establish personalized development or improvement plans, hold regular one-on-one meetings with team members, and cultivate a feedback-rich, non-retaliatory environment that encourages open communication.
- Delivery & Quality: Provide technical direction and guidance to the team, ensuring the technical integrity of the product. Ensure the delivery of functional, complete, and high-quality code while aligning development with established technical standards. Additionally, focus on the timely delivery of new features and the maintenance of existing ones, upholding high engineering excellence metrics.
- Management: Collaborate closely with the Product team to drive the implementation of appropriate technological advancements. Clearly communicate technical decisions to relevant stakeholders, ensuring alignment across the board. Oversee the entire feature development process, from initial concept through to successful deployment. Additionally, take ownership of technical incident management, ensuring timely and effective resolution of any issues that arise.
Qualifications
- Several years of software engineering experience coupled with more than 2 years in leadership roles
- Solid technical expertise in designing and developing large-scale, end-to-end software solutions. Preferably in an App environment
- Approach complex issues with an open mindset and a focus on achieving simplicity.
- Passionate about people, offering support and guidance to your engineers while avoiding micromanagement
- Skilled at rapidly establishing relationships with stakeholders and maintaining a solution-focused approach
- Capable of building high-performing, self-sufficient teams that effectively balance speed, quality, and risk
Offer
- All positions (including leadership roles) available in full-time & part-time
- Flexible trust-based working hours
- Remote-first company (100% remote work possible)
- Onboarding program
- Modern office spaces in Cologne's Südstadt, within walking distance of the main train station
- Professional development opportunities (Internal academies, workshops, and individual external training)
- Regular team events
- Company celebrations (3 times a year)
- Germany-wide public transport ticket
- Business bike program
- Dog-friendly office
- Sabbatical option
- Working from abroad for up to 3 months per year within the European Economic Area
- Choice of hardware
- Anonymous crisis counseling through external service provider
- 30 days of vacation + New Year's Eve, Christmas, and 1 Culture Day (So actually 33 days)
Additional information
We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.
Our Values you work by
- Forward thinking: We follow bold approaches and strive for results promising long-term success.
- Together: We create and maintain an incomparable sense of belonging.
- Determined: We take responsibility, tackle issues in a pragmatic way and implement them in a focused manner.
- Candid: We communicate clearly and honestly while being open to other perspectives.
- Dedicated: We contribute to the social challenges of our time.
Employment typeStandard job
Remote work allowedyes
Email to apply
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meinestadt.de
Website
https://unternehmen.meinestadt.de/ueber-uns/Phone
01718473073Contact name
anahita kallaContact position
Senior Recruiting ManagerImprint
meinestadt.de GmbHWaidmarkt 11, 50676 Köln
T +49 221 99533-0
F +49 221 99533-900
[email protected]
AG Köln HRB 80700
Umsatzsteuer-Id-Nr. DE 210897564
Geschäftsführung
Mark Hoffmann