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 escal

📌 Java Backend Engineering Lead (Barcelona)
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