Team Lead

Job description

**About us** We are a technology-enabled professional services company with two practices - Learning and Life Sciences - helping people thrive through innovative digital solutions. With operations in Croatia and the US, we combine human-centered design with technical expertise to meet the growing demand for accessible, engaging experiences. Through our proprietary methods, we transform clients’ programs into customized digital experiences - from design to delivery at scale - while maintaining efficacy and compliance. By bridging the human experience and technology, we deliver meaningful outcomes for clients and their audiences worldwide, advancing our vision of Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies, Better World. **What makes us stand out:** When asking employees why they enjoy working here, 100% of them answered: “**people**”; we are a group of **friendly**, **ambitious**, and **talented** individuals. We pride ourselves in putting people first and ensuring there’s no stress in their daily work, so they can do what they do best... ### Your Role and Responsibilites - Act as a Team Lead for one of our client projects, providing technical leadership, people leadership, and hands-on software development. - Lead and develop a small team of engineers through coaching, performance feedback, hiring, career development, and day-to-day technical guidance. - Serve as the primary technical authority for the project, driving architecture, implementation approaches, technical quality, and technical feasibility. - Contribute directly to software delivery through architecture, code reviews, and hands-on development. - Provide estimates, identify delivery risks, and define implementation strategies. - Partner with sales, product, and project management during discovery, planning, estimation, and solution design activities. - Participate in client meetings (primarily US-based), workshops, and roadmap discussions, helping translate business challenges into effective technical solutions. - Work closely with a Project Manager to identify risks, plan delivery, and align technical execution with project goals. - Contribute to the development of engineering and consulting practices by promoting knowledge sharing, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and helping shape technical standards, best practices, and ways of working across the organization. **We are a great fit if You:** - Are experienced with full-stack TypeScript development. - Have experience leading engineering teams, including coaching, performance management, hiring, and career development. - Possess strong system design skills and are comfortable making technical decisions in complex environments. - Are comfortable communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. - Can balance technical excellence, delivery constraints, and business objectives when making decisions. - Are comfortable operating with incomplete information and making pragmatic technical decisions under time pressure. - Have experience designing agentic workflows and integrating LLM-powered capabilities, or are excited to work with modern AI technologies. - Are open to occasionally working afternoon/evening hours to ensure overlap with US time zones and travel for client engagements. - Are passionate about building maintainable, well-tested software. - Are fluent in spoken and written English and comfortable leading meetings, workshops, and presentations. ### Our stack: - Node.js - TypeScript - PostgreSQL - Vue.js - Playwright - CircleCI - Pulumi - AWS - Docker \**We don’t expect you to have experience in every area or technology listed above: If you think you could do a great job in this role, you shouldn’t hesitate to apply. We can’t wait to hear from you!* ### What Do We Offer? - Competitive salary starting from EUR 5000+ gross 1 (depending on experience) - Christmas bonus and financial incentives for special life events - Flexible working hours with remote and hybrid work options - 25 days of paid vacation plus extra days when life happens - Regular 1:1 feedback, open communication, and supportive leadership - Health benefits, including supplementary insurance, preventive check-ups, 100% paid sick leave, and a MultiSport card - High-quality work equipment (IT equipment, coffee included) ### What are the next steps after you apply? - **HR Interview (45 minutes) -** You will learn more about the company, clients, culture, and technology, and have the opportunity to ask any questions. - **Technical Interview (90 minutes) -** A technical assessment with our team. Depending on the role focus, part of the interview may include a discussion or short presentation of a technical solution to simulate client-facing scenarios.