Engineering Team Lead - Lisbon

Job Description
About Us
HiBob helps modern, mid-size businesses transform the way they manage people, giving HR and managers all they need to connect, engage, develop, and retain top talent. Since 2015, we've achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year growth, all backed by our amazing team of Bobbers from across the globe, making us the choice HRIS of over 3500 midsize and multinational companies.
Our HR platform is intuitive, data-driven, and built for the way people work today: globally, remotely, and collaboratively. Fast-growing companies across the globe such as Fiverr, and VaynerMedia rely upon Bob to help them create the best work experiences for their people.
Come and be you with us
Being a Bobber is all about being you. We want you to bring all parts of yourself to work, giving you the freedom and confidence to be the best you and do your best work.
Why join as our Engineering Team Lead in Lisbon

• 100% SaaS, focused on a modern, multi-national and innovative platform
• Engineering is at the center of what we do and we build for scale

Job Requirements
Requirements are often considered a measure of how equipped you are to do the job, but sometimes, they aren't the only factor. If you don't have nearly enough experience, or not all the skills, we'd still like to hear from you. This could be the perfect fit for you and us.

• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering with strong backend background.
• 3+ years of experience as a team leader, preferably in dynamic, fast-paced companies.
• Excellent knowledge of software design and scalable web architecture.
• Experience developing SaaS products hosted in a cloud platform like AWS or equivalent.
• People person with strong leadership skills who can build a winning team.
• Independent, resourceful, and proactive team player with a desire to impact our team, our product, and our customers.
• Great communication skills in English.

The following are a big plus

• Experience working in a mid to large scale organization
• Experience in building SaaS products, extra points if HR or LMS related
• Experience developing a product from scratch, using iterative processes
• Experience with Kotlin, Scala, Angular, ...
• Having both backend and frontend development experience.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, database design, and query optimisation

Job Responsibilities
What you will do
Hibob is a vibrant, dynamic, happy place to work. A start-up with an amazing culture, and bright and resourceful people in Lisbon, London, Amsterdam, New York, Sydney, and Tel Aviv. We're growing fast and looking for talented and passionate Engineering Team Leaders to join us!
In this role, you'll lead the team responsible for architecting and enhancing HiBob's Learning Module, a core part of the Learning & Development Group. Your team will build scalable systems that enable organizations to create, manage, and measure employee learning experiences. You'll develop intuitive interfaces, robust backend services, and powerful analytics that support content delivery, progress tracking, and integrations with external providers. Working closely with Product, Design and Platform teams, you'll ensure a seamless, data-driven learning experience that empowers companies to foster continuous growth through technology. Your work will directly contribute to HiBob's mission of empowering companies to build a culture of continuous learning through modern, scalable technology.
Benefits
Join our village
HiBob is a village filled with amazing people and we're especially proud of that. It's a place where Bobbers can be themselves. We're about fun, dreams, hopes and ambition, just as much as we are about precision, growth, and top performance. Becoming a Bobber means you'll receive competitive compensation, benefits, and pre-IPO equity alongside all of this:

• Competitive compensation
• Company share options plan
• Health Insurance for you and your family
• We have a flexible hybrid working model
• Work from home allowance- to get your home office set up!
• 2 Social Impact days per year for volunteering
• Prepaid meal card
• Awesome employee referral program- $2,500 for each successful referral with an additional ambassador programme
• Temporary remote work from anywhere in the world for up to 2 months (after 6 months of employment)
• Fun company and team social events (locally and virtually with our global teams)
• Bob balance days - 4 additional days within a calendar year - Enjoy a company-wide long weekend at the beginning of each quarter

If this sounds like something you've been looking for, we'd love to have you. Come on, join our village!