Lead Software Engineer & Team Lead

In this role, you will

• Design and develop high-performance tailored software solutions
• Set coding standards and project-specific best practices to ensure the production of high-quality, maintainable, and scalable software solutions, and participate in code reviews to uphold these standards
• Take full ownership of projects, from coding and implementation to planning and completion, ensuring technical issues are managed efficiently while mentoring team members and improving team practices to ensure project success
• Shape technical offerings and solution proposals for potential and existing clients, ensuring they align with business needs and our engineering capabilities
• Introduce and implement new, relevant technologies that align with project goals and the organization’s technical direction
• Proactively anticipate project risks and communicate potential impacts and solutions before issues escalate, ensuring smooth project delivery
• Manage stakeholders and drive the implementation of technical solutions that align with project goals, effectively communicating insights and expertise
• Lead the team by fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment, providing constructive feedback, mentoring, and driving continuous improvement
• Lead by example on how to improve delivery speed and quality in day-by-day work

What you will bring

• Proven hands-on experience building and maintaining complex back-end systems with modern server-side frameworks, alongside strong expertise in relational databases
• A strong commitment to industry best practices in software development and security, with a focus on maintaining high standards for coding and project guidelines
• Active involvement in code review processes to maintain code quality and ensure adherence to best practices
• Experience with technologies such as Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ or similar systems
• Ability to conduct unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing, ensuring software reliability, functionality, and performance
• Ability to adapt and apply new technologies that align with project requirements and technical strategy, while remaining comfortable and effective in ambiguity and rapidly evolving contexts
• Proven skills in requirement analysis and designing high-quality software solutions to ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability
• Experience in mentoring and guiding team members, fostering an environment of innovation, teamwork, and continuous professional growth
• Proactive in identifying potential project risks and effectively communicating possible impacts and solutions to ensure smooth project execution
• Leading people, setting career paths and goals, acting like manager for them
• Experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD, and cloud architecture is a plus
• Strong proficiency in communication in both English and Lithuanian

What we offer

• A working culture that is high performing, ambitious, collaborative and fun
• Health insurance and a yearly training budget (local and international conferences, language courses), employee-led workshops
• Flexible working hours
• Unlimited WFH (work from home) policy
• Extra vacation days: 2 after working at NFQ for two years and 4 after four years on our team
• Bonus for referrals
• For those who dream of traveling: WFA (work from anywhere) possibilities in NFQ - approved countries
• Office perks and team activities