Software Development Engineering Lead

About the Position

At SPD Technology, we bring together a team of like-minded people who are driven by the desire to bring value through their work, united in their commitment to high performance and delivering custom, cutting-edge tech solutions that drive clients’ growth. We empower our people with a culture of excellence and enable them with the opportunity to uphold their accountability to contribute on each level. We value humanity and collaboration, encourage professional and personal growth, and foster a supportive and flexible work environment where everyone’s contribution is welcomed.

We are looking for a Software Development Engineering Lead to join us as part of our team.

About the Role

You’ll join the new engineering team focused on modernizing how high-value private market data is collected, processed, validated, and delivered. The team will work on scalable, observable data workflows that improve data timeliness, quality, traceability, and downstream availability across PitchBook’s data ecosystem.

Our Tech Stack

• Java 17+
• Spring/Spring Boot
• Kubernetes
• OpenAPI
• PostgreSQL
• Kafka
• Distributed systems
• Microservices
• CI/CD
• Observability tooling
• Modern data platform integrations
• Gen AI-enabled engineering tools

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery for complex data collection and processing workflows.
• Own solution design, technical documentation, code quality, maintainability, operability, and production readiness.
• Guide implementation of data ingestion, storage, validation, transformation, and provisioning capabilities.
• Drive strong SDLC execution across refinement, design, estimation, implementation, testing, deployment, and support.
• Improve team engineering productivity by adopting Gen AI coding tools and integrating them into practical SDLC workflows.
• Promote effective use of Gen AI for code generation, test creation, refactoring, documentation, debugging, and delivery acceleration.
• Establish engineering practices that balance AI-assisted development with code quality, security, maintainability, and human review.
• Partner with Product, Data, Architecture, Platform, SRE, and other engineering teams to align scope, dependencies, and delivery plans.
• Drive engineering practices such as code review, automated testing, observability, incident reduction, and CI/CD improvements.
• Mentor engineers, support onboarding, distribute technical work, and help raise team performance.
• Surface technical risks early and propose pragmatic mitigation options.
• Contribute to hiring and help shape the technical capability of the team.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with strong Java expertise.
• Experience leading technical delivery or mentoring engineers in a backend/data platform team.
• Strong knowledge of Spring/Spring Boot, microservices, distributed systems, API design, and relational databases.
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging/event-streaming technologies.
• Practical experience with Kubernetes and production-grade service operations.
• Strong ownership mindset with focus on reliability, scalability, maintainability, and long-term technical health.
• Practical experience using Gen AI coding assistants to boost SDLC or strong interest in learning this skill.
• Ability to define pragmatic engineering guardrails for AI-assisted development, including review, testing, and documentation expectations.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to make sound technical decisions in complex domains.
• English - Upper Intermediate or higher; Ukrainian - fluent.

Nice to Have

• Experience improving SDLC productivity through Gen AI tools, developer automation, or platform engineering practices.
• Experience introducing AI-assisted workflows for code review, testing, refactoring, documentation, or incident analysis.
• Experience in data processing domains such as data ingestion, processing, curation, validation, or publication.
• Experience building platforms or services for workflow automation, data quality, or data operations.
• Experience with observability, SLIs/SLOs, incident management, and operational excellence.
• Experience migrating legacy workflows to modern data platforms.

We Offer

• Join the team of experts who create custom, cutting-edge tech solutions for world-renowned businesses, fueling client growth.
• Experience an agile and flexible working environment with fully remote work and a flexible working schedule.
• Embrace the opportunity for personal and professional growth with performance and merit reviews, personal development plans, and individual learnings.
• Work with a team of like-minded people who care about what they do and how they do it. Collaborate with top-notch experts who are always ready to help and support you through any challenges.
• Join company-wide tech and cultural events, and contribute to meaningful CSR initiatives that resonate with your values.

Interview Steps

1. Interview with the Recruiter.
2. Manager Screening.
3. Technical Interview.
4. Final Interview.

About the Company

SPD Technology is a global software product development company that creates cutting-edge tech solutions that drive clients’ growth. We provide software engineering, product development, and IT consulting services to world-renowned companies, ranging from Fortune 500 firms to emerging startups across the globe. Founded in 2006, we’ve delivered over 460 custom projects for high-growth startups, SMBs, and enterprises, building strong partnerships with industry leaders such as PitchBook, Morningstar, Blackhawk Network, Poynt, Space Needle, and many more. Specialising in fintech and digital payment solutions, data engineering, AI/ML, and Cloud technologies, we build products ranging from MVPs to complex, enterprise-grade solutions. We are presented globally: we have 2 development centers in Europe, a representative office in Romania, the U.K., Cyprus, and remote teams, working worldwide from 32 countries around the globe.

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Work Type: Full-time, Remote

Category: Engineering

Location: Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Spain, Ukraine