Software Development Team Leader

About Smartcat

Smartcat was founded in 2016 to help global enterprises create and manage their multilingual content. Today, Smartcat is the essential language AI platform for the global enterprise. 

Our client-tailored language AI turns content in any format into any language, from documents to videos to complex websites and software, making global operations simple for any corporate team. It also allows any user to create new content by tapping into a multilingual enterprise library. 

More than 1,000 global companies including 25% of the Fortune 500 trust Smartcat to communicate their innovations and ideas all over the world.

Smartcat’s vision is to realise a world where there is equal access to innovations and ideas. 

Smartcat is backed by Matrix Partners, FJ Labs, and other leading VC firms focusing on SaaS, marketplaces and AI. You might recognize names like HubSpot, Zendesk, Uber, Stripe, RigUp, and Quora in their portfolios. Despite the economic recession, Smartcat is growing at 150% YoY. It's well-funded and capital efficient, providing a unique combination of a hyper-growth environment with downside protection and the ability to think and plan long-term.

Mission 

We are seeking experienced Senior Software Development Leaders to join our team. Reporting directly to the Engineering Director, you will lead a talented team of up to 7 software developers, being responsible for one or more functional areas and leading your team to success.

In addition to having full responsibility for all technical aspects of development, you will also manage the team, encompassing team development, talent acquisition, adjustments to team composition, and the promotion of team members.

Outcomes

• You’re hands-on technical leader who likes technical challenges and enjoy driving and growing your team.
• Drive the delivery of a high-quality product, exceeding customer expectations:
  • Work closely with the Product Managers to clarify requirements
  • Make architecture and technical design and decisions for the solution
  • Make estimations and be responsible to deliver on-time
  • Develop the most complex parts of the product
  • Code review of your team code
  • Work on quality and process improvements together with other teams.
• Collaborate with the other development teams to build performant and reliable product.
• Partner with the infrastructure team to transform and scale the product for 100x growth.
• You know how to use agile development to stay flexible and deliver value to customers.
• Recruit, build, and lead a top-tier engineering team across various regions and time zones, enhancing the hiring process, offering expert technical guidance, and fostering career development.

Requirements 

• Minimum of 10 years in software development, with 5+ years in leadership managing teams of 5+ engineers.
• 5+ years of .NET experience.
• Proven leadership and management skills, capable of motivating and guiding teams to achieve objectives.
• A meticulous and data-driven approach to problem-solving.
• Experience in scaling products during rapid growth phases.
• Expertise in managing high-load, secure, and scalable systems, ensuring robust performance under peak demands.
• Familiarity with performance optimization and system resilience strategies.
• Adaptability to thrive in a high-intensity startup environment, with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Receptiveness to feedback and diverse viewpoints.
• Based in an EU-friendly timezone.
• Demonstrated experience in working within international environments.
• Able to cooperate with US-based teams during US morning hours.
• Fluency in English.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Experience in building products from scratch.
• Experience with Vue.js, and MongoDB.
• Background in AI-focused product development.
• Proficiency with public-cloud platforms and services.

Our technologies

• PL: .NET Core
• DB: MongoDB, PostgreSQL
• Hosting in the AWS 
• Elasticsearch cluster, indexes for several billion documents
• ELK (EFK) for logging, VM, Prometheus and Grafana for metrics and monitoring

Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far

• Fully remote team
  We are a global team of 200+ enthusiastic people spread across 30+ countries. We have been fully remote since 2020, with some locations populated with more Smartcaters than others, such as Boston, NYC, SF, the Bay Area, London, and Lisbon.
• Innovating a $