About the profile
We are looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead to join our Data and AI Engineering team. This is a player-coach role: you will guide a team of full-stack and backend engineers while staying hands-on with Python backends and frontend applications. You bring technical depth to make sound architecture decisions and the people skills to help your team grow.

You will work on high-impact client engagements in life sciences and healthcare, building software that connects our data platforms to real-world use cases. You will also contribute to how MIGx evolves its engineering capabilities, exploring new technologies and helping clients see what is possible.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Development:
• Lead and mentor a team of full-stack and backend engineers, supporting their growth through regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and personal development plans.
• Act as the first point of escalation for technical challenges and keep the team unblocked.
• Collaborate with data engineers, AI engineers, and other disciplines to align on architecture and delivery.




• Support hiring by defining engineering criteria and helping assess and onboard new team members.

Technical Leadership & Architecture:
• Define and uphold engineering standards, design patterns, and code quality practices across the team.
• Lead architecture reviews and provide hands-on guidance on backend and frontend system design.
• Build and maintain production-grade Python backend services and contribute to frontend applications in React/TypeScript.
• Own features end-to-end: from requirements through implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring in production.
• Champion engineering best practices: clean code, SOLID principles, testing (unit, integration, e2e), CI/CD, and documentation.

Client Engagement & Innovation:
• Engage with business and client stakeholders to understand their challenges and translate them into technical solutions.
• Explore and evaluate emerging technol

📌 Software Engineering Team Lead (Barcelona)
🏢 MIGx
📍 Barcelona