Engineering Team Lead

Description

Summary: Seeking an Engineering Team Lead to guide a cross-functional product team, driving delivery, technical direction, and team effectiveness in a multi-stack environment. Highlights: 1. Lead a dynamic, multi-stack engineering team with full ownership of delivery 2. Coach and mentor team members, fostering growth and high performance 3. Shape technical decisions and system evolution across diverse technologies As a fast\-growing company, we’re looking for talented individuals who are passionate about technology, eCommerce, and making a real impact. If you're ready to join a dynamic team and thrive in a collaborative, fast\-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you! As an **Engineering Team Lead,** you will lead a cross\-functional product team and take responsibility for delivery, technical direction, and team effectiveness in a multi\-stack environment. This role requires proven people management experience, strong technical judgment, and the ability to lead a diverse engineering team with different skill sets and seniority levels. The team includes: * Full\-stack developers (WordPress / PHP / React) * Backend engineers (Python) * QA engineers You will balance rapid feature delivery with product stability and long\-term technical improvements. **Key Responsibilities** : * Full ownership of delivery for the product team across two products * Planning, prioritization, and execution to ensure predictable outcomes * Ownership of technical decisions and system evolution across Python, PHP, and React stacks * Maintaining and raising engineering standards, including testing and quality practices * Close collaboration with Product, Data, QA, and other stakeholders * Early identification and mitigation of delivery, quality, and technical risks * Coaching, mentoring, and performance management of team members * Pragmatic improvement of team structure, processes, and workflows Requirements: **Leadership \& Management Requirements:** * 3\+ years of experience managing engineering teams * Experience leading teams in multi\-stack environments (e.g., Python \+ PHP) * Proven ability to lead cross\-functional product teams * Strong execution focus: turning plans and commitments into shipped results * High level of autonomy in technical and tactical decision\-making * Ability to enforce processes while improving them pragmatically * Experience with Agile methodologies, preferably Scrum Technical Background * Strong backend engineering background, preferably PHP or Python (5\+ years of commercial experience) * Experience building and maintaining APIs * Solid understanding of databases and data consistency (MySQL, MongoDB) * Experience with asynchronous processing and messaging systems (RabbitMQ, Celery) * Familiarity with distributed or service\-oriented architectures * Practical experience with CI/CD, production support, and incident handling * Ability to assess architecture and code quality across backend and frontend stacks **Languages:** * Ukrainian or Russian: native * English: Intermediate or higher