We are looking for Backend engineering Lead who will be responsible for the overall backend ecosystem across the organization, combining people leadership with ownership of backend architecture, standards, and delivery quality

This role ensures that backend development and architecture is consistent, scalable, and aligned with product, while growing backend engineers and enabling teams to deliver effectively The Backend Lead operates in close alignment with the Head of Engineering and Chapter Leads, ensuring all key decisions and initiatives follow the broader engineering vision

Define and drive the backend vision across teams (architecture, design systems, tooling, standards)

Ensure consistency in how backend applications are built and maintained

Own cross-team backend topics

Make and enforce key technical decisions when alignment is needed

Lead and support backend engineers, ensuring efficient and impactful delivery of initiatives while driving team engagement, efficiency, and growth

Raise the bar of backend engineering through running regular 1:1s and performance check-ins, coaching, and clear development support

Identify skill gaps and drive training, and mentoring initiatives to close skill gaps, improve team capability, and continuously strengthen ways of working

Own and drive key people processes for the team (in alignment with Tech Leadership), including hiring, onboarding, offboarding, performance reviews, and compensation cycles, ensuring consistency and quality of execution

Build a strong backend community (guilds, knowledge sharing,



standards)

Own awareness of department KPIs/goals and drive recommendations for continuous improvement in team performance and execution

Ensure backend delivery is predictable, scalable, and high quality across teams

Identify and resolve systemic delivery or quality issues

Support teams to avoid risky complex backend initiatives

Align backend work with frontend/data/platform constraints and opportunities

Act as the main escalation point for backend-related decisions

Stay close to the codebase through selective PR reviews and architectural guidance

Contribute to critical or high-risk backend areas when needed

Guide teams on best practices (testing, performance, accessibility, maintainability)

Benefits

Truly flexible schedules A selection of free drinks at the office

Regular company events

Mentoring and career development The hotel room is your office - we allow working from another country up to 3 months a year

Adaptable compensation plan - our Edenred and become.1 cards are an open door to customisable benefits and tax savings

Qualifications

Strong experience with Java stack (SpringBoot, Liquidbase, etc.)

Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders

Solid understanding of Java and Postgres performance, database modeling and risk analysis

Proven experience leading backend initiatives across multiple teams

Experience defining architecture and driving adoption at scale

Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical direction

📌 Java Backend Engineering Lead (Madrid)
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📍 Madrid