We’re looking for a Technical Lead to join us at Telia.
Want to embark on a new engineering leadership career journey where you can make a real impact? I'm Monika Ažukaitė, and I'm searching for a curious individual like you, ready to leave a lasting mark. Join our Technology team, where your technology leadership skills will thrive, and together – let's make better happen!
What you’ll do:
Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams building our Digital Services & Channels platform. You'll work with engineers across domain to evolve our architecture, improve reliability, simplify complex systems, and help shape the technical direction of the platform. We're looking for someone with deep experience building distributed backend systems, strong engineering judgement, and a track record of leading technical decisions in production environments.
Your key areas of responsibility include:
- Define and evolve the technical architecture of the platform.
- Design scalable, resilient, and maintainable distributed systems.
- Lead architectural decisions and drive long-term platform evolution.
- Solve the most challenging production and performance problems.
- Improve reliability, observability, security, and developer experience.
- Partner with engineering teams to reduce technical debt and simplify existing systems.
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, technical discussions, and hands-on collaboration.
- Work with Product and Engineering Managers to balance technical sustainability with business delivery.
What will help you thrive in this role:
An experienced software engineer with a passion for building and evolving large-scale backend systems.
Key qualifications include:
- Extensive experience building, modernizing, and operating distributed backend systems within the Java technology ecosystem.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, performance, observability, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience evolving large systems through incremental modernization rather than large rewrites.
- Sound technical solution evaluation and the ability to make pragmatic technical trade-offs.
- Experience influencing technical direction across multiple teams.
- Passion for writing simple, maintainable software and helping others do the same.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools effectively while maintaining high engineering standards.
Join us to shape smarter living for people, businesses, and the planet
At Telia, we’re a team of 15 000 colleagues across the Nordics and Baltics, passionate about technology and connectivity. As a Top Employer and Sustainability Leader, we drive change with large-scale, impactful projects while building a sustainable, inclusive world.
Here, you can grow your skills, lead meaningful projects, and thrive in a supportive, diverse environment. Whether you’re taking your first step or your next, Telia is a place to grow, belong, and make a real impact.
What we offer
At Telia, we care about your well-being, growth, and sense of belonging:
- Additional health insurance and pension plans
- Workation: work from anywhere in the EU for up to 30 days per year
- Extra vacation days based on tenure (up to 5 additional days)
- Discounts on Telia services, including free home internet
- Partner offers and discounts (SPA, cafes, events)
- Telia Kids Club: summer camps for employees’ children
- Company-supported sports activities (yoga, basketball, running)
- Internal training, leadership programs and job shadowing to explore new roles
…and more.
Monthly salary range for this position - 5400-6900 Eur (gross) + annual performance bonuses. Although it may vary depending on your skills and experience.
Ready to make better happen?
We look forward to receiving your application by September 15, 2026. Please note that we might close the position earlier if we find the right candidate, so don’t wait too long to apply!
If you’re selected for the next stage, you’ll be contacted by our Talent Acquisition Partner. Background and reference checks will be part of the process.
Want to know more about this role? Please reach out to Monika Ažukaitė at [email protected]
Equal opportunities
At Telia, we recognize talent by professional skills and growth potential. We champion diversity, ensuring every individual’s needs are met, regardless of disability, gender, age, nationality, sexual orientation, or social status. Together, we’re dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment where your uniqueness is our strength.
Join us and let’s make better happen - together!
More about our culture: www.telia.lt/karjera
Skills Required
- Extensive experience building, modernizing, and operating distributed backend systems within the Java technology ecosystem.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, performance, observability, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience evolving large systems through incremental modernization rather than large rewrites.
- Sound technical solution evaluation skills and ability to make pragmatic technical trade-offs.
- Experience influencing technical direction across multiple teams and leading technical decisions in production environments.
- Passion for writing simple, maintainable software and mentoring others.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools effectively while maintaining high engineering standards.
What We Do
Our 15 000 talented colleagues serve millions of customers every day in one of the world’s most connected regions. With a strong connectivity base, we’re the hub in the digital ecosystem, empowering people, companies and societies to stay in touch with everything that matters 24/7/365 - on their terms. Our goal is to make Telia better for customers, employees, owners and societies in the Nordics and the Baltics.
