Lead Engineering

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in backend or platform engineering, with a strong track record of building and operating production-grade services.
• Strong hands-on experience with Node.js and the design, development, and operation of scalable microservices architectures.
• Practical experience with AWS-based environments and event-driven systems using messaging and streaming technologies such as RabbitMQ / RMQ and Kafka.
• Strong technical judgment and experience driving complex features or systems from idea to production.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A coaching mindset and a genuine interest in helping others grow.
• A strong sense of ownership, prioritization, and accountability.
• AI focused vision and hands on experience using AI tools such as Claude to create meaningful value in engineering workflows, technical decision-making, or product development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives or coordinating work across teams.
• Experience mentoring engineers and helping teams grow in maturity, quality, and collaboration.
• Experience guiding architectural decisions and balancing short-term delivery with long-term sustainability.
• Experience with additional cloud platforms, especially GCP.
• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and reliability tooling, ideally Dash0.
• Experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with TypeScript in backend, frontend, or full-stack environments.

What you can expect

• Lead and develop one or more cross-functional engineering teams spanning iOS, Android, Backend, and QA, with full people responsibility, including hiring, performance management, and career development.
• Drive technical leadership across the team by setting architectural direction, guiding key decisions, and ensuring solutions are scalable and maintainable.
• Shape and evolve scalable microservices-based systems using modern cloud, messaging, observability, and AI-enabled engineering practices.
• Actively contribute to the codebase by developing key features and setting engineering standards through hands-on involvement.
• Guide technical decisions to ensure scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions.
• Ensure code quality through reviews, mentoring, and hands-on best practices.
• Align team delivery with product goals, ensuring timely and predictable outcomes.
• Partner closely with Product Management and other Engineering Leads to align priorities and architecture, drive outcomes, and ensure business impact.
• Foster an inclusive, high-trust team culture with a strong focus on collaboration and accountability.

Pay

The anticipated annual base salary range for this role is $170,000 – $190,000. Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and location, consistent with applicable law.

Benefits

In addition to base salary, this role includes an annual bonus.

About the Company

With a global presence in over 190 countries and more than 400 employees, ParshipMeet Group is one of the four leading international Dating and Video providers. Our diversified portfolio consists of nine apps supporting millions of users every day in their search for like-minded people, an exciting date, or a long-term relationship. True to the motto: Meet – Date – Fall in Love.