Team Lead Full Stack Engineering

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 Team Lead Full Stack Engineering to join us as part of our team.

About the Role

PitchBook is a leading analytical platform designed for investment professionals. It aggregates data from diverse sources and presents it in a user-friendly manner, empowering startups, large corporations, venture capital and private equity firms, investment banks, and market analysts to make informed decisions.

You’ll join a dynamic, distributed engineering team. We own marketing website pitchbook.com and its integrations. As we continue to scale, we are forming a second team to accelerate our growth and deliver even greater value. Our team is leading the migration to the 3rd-party CMS – Brightspot, as part of our effort to scale. We are transitioning from a custom-built website platform to Brightspot, developing new UI modules and integration layers between the PitchBook and Brightspot systems to meet diverse business needs.

Collaboration, knowledge sharing, and “One-Team” mentality are at the core of how we work. The team collaborates closely with internal and external stakeholders, 3-rd party representatives. Our primary stakeholders are involved in marketing and lead generation, supporting editorial, and research teams that create content of varying complexity and for different purposes like articles, analyst reports, newsletter and business data previews. Regular interaction with stakeholders from marketing, editorial, and research, ensure alignment with business goals. From a processes perspective we use Scrum-based Agile and structured by Team topologies – Stream-Aligned Team.

The team is scaled and a second team will be created. Current team setup: Lead SDE, Product Owner, 6 SDE, 3 QA.

Tech Stack

The previous and new systems use slightly different tech stacks, you’ll have a chance to work with both during migration: Java 11+, Spring Boot, MVVM/MVC, HTML/JS, Freemarker, Handlebars, React, Knockout, GraphQL, OpenAPI, RabbitMQ, Kafka, SNS/SQS, Multi-cloud (AWS/GCE), Apache Solr, Redis, Kubernetes, FluxCD, ELK/Coralogix, Grafana, Jira/Atlassian, GitLab/GitHub

Work Environment

We practice a flexible work schedule, with required attendance at Scrum events, collaboration with stakeholders and 3-rd party representatives:

• Morning meetings start after 10:00 AM EET
• Evening meetings finish before 7:00 PM EET

The team is distributed across Ukraine, Poland, Spain, the UK, and the Czech Republic.

Responsibilities

As a qualified expert, you will:

• Drive the team to deliver product features and releases of high quality by agreed timeline.
• Establish Engineering SDLC practices and approaches in the team following organization standards, policies, and guidelines.
• Ensure Engineers within the team execute on the full SDLC: requirements elaboration, design, estimation, implementation, solution testing, and delivery.
• Foster engineering culture via leading by example. Spread knowledge. Participate in hiring.
• Manage tactical release and sprint-level engineering resource allocation within the team.
• Own services and applications and related infrastructure, care of the services’ quality, stability, reliability, and performance in production, SLA’s.
• Own estimations of Features and Releases in the team and explain them to peer functions, stakeholders. Contribute to early Product Initiative and pre-PRD Planning, informing solution options and rough estimates.
• Collectively own sprint, release, and feature planning with PM, PD, and PO.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in web software development, where 3+ years as team lead.
• Experience in leading remote teams (4+ developers), collaboration with 3-rd party vendors.
• Experience in designing and building production systems that work with data at scale.
• Strong proficiency in Java (11+). Good OOP skills.
• Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot 3, MVC/MVVM patterns.
• Experience with Message Brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka, SNS/SQS).
• Good knowledge of microservices concepts, cloud platforms (Google Cloud, AWS).
• Good knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS, familiar with React/Knockout/Freemarker/Handlebars.
• Strong knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL/MS SQL).
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and drive improvements.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Open for learning.
• Profound understanding and active use of AI tooling to boost personal and team productivity. e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Gemini, MCP servers for coding, or AI-assisted testing/code review tools.
• English Upper-Intermediate (B2 or higher); Ukrainian – fluent.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Flux CD, and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub).
• Ability to adapt and contribute to other projects if needed. Spread knowledge.

We Offer

• Reveal great tech solutions: Join the team of experts who create custom, cutting-edge tech solutions for world-renowned businesses, fueling client growth. Unleash your potential, tackle new challenges, and be part of a team that values your skills and contributions. Focus on long-term impact and building tailored, long-lasting partnerships with our clients.
• Experience an agile and flexible working environment: Enjoy the freedom of fully remote work with a flexible working schedule. Empower yourself with a stable workload and a stable income, supported by provided laptops and licensed software. We focus on lasting cooperation and unite result-oriented individuals who stand on a high-performance approach to work.
• Embrace the opportunity for personal and professional growth: Benefit from performance and merit reviews, elevate your skills with personal development plans, and individual learnings through the corporate library, public speaking support, and more.
• Be among like-minded people: Work with a team of one mind who cares about what they do and how they do. 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. Feel supported by your HR, and take advantage of our referral bonus program.

Interview Steps

1. Pre-Screening with the recruiter (up to 30-45 min)
2. Technical + Manager’s Interview (up to 1.5 hour).
3. Customer interview (up to 30 min, Pacific Time)

Anna Shustina

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Work Type: Full-time, Remote

Category: Software Development

Location: All Europe

Posted: 11 months ago

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About SPD Technology

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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