Team Lead

Responsibilities

• Team Operations & Performance:
• Organize and manage the daily operations of the team, including workload planning and delivery execution.
• Facilitate key team rituals such as sprint plannings, stand-ups, retrospectives, and grooming sessions.
• Act as the primary resolver of team-level blockers and escalate issues when appropriate.
• Track key performance metrics and ensure alignment with business expectations.
• People Management & Development:
• Lead recruitment efforts in collaboration with the hiring team; participate in interviews and decision-making.
• Own onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure smooth transitions.
• Set clear goals for team members and conduct regular one-on-one meetings to discuss performance, growth, and well-being.
• Drive motivation and engagement by fostering a positive team culture and identifying risks of burnout.
• Develop and review individual career plans; provide timely and constructive feedback.
• Conduct performance reviews and participate in compensation and promotion discussions.
• Planning & Prioritization:
• Oversee task decomposition and estimation.
• Distribute and monitor progress on tasks, ensuring alignment with project goals and team capabilities.
• Balance urgent needs with planned initiatives and drive prioritization discussions with stakeholders.
• Manage sprint priorities and ensure team members understand focus areas.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Act as a central point of contact for product managers, project managers, and other team leads.
• Coordinate cross-team tasks and dependencies to reduce delivery friction.
• Communicate breaking changes and key updates to relevant teams in a timely manner.
• Foster transparency and efficiency in cross-team workflows.
• Risk Management:
• Monitor and mitigate team-level risks including bus factor, knowledge silos, and delivery blockers.
• Proactively address risks related to team structure (e.g., attrition, promotions, reassignments).
• Collaborate with Technical Leads to identify and plan for technical risks and maintenance efforts.
• Provide input into workforce planning and hiring priorities.
• Process & Continuous Improvement:
• Track and analyze team-level and product-related metrics; define and maintain baselines.
• Challenge the validity and usefulness of existing metrics and propose improvements.
• Implement and adapt new team processes, assess adoption, and collect feedback to iterate.
• Pilot process innovations at the team level and support broader adoption if successful.

Requirements
In general:

• 6+ years in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership or management role.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams (engineers, QA, product/design if applicable).
• Proven success in delivering projects on time and aligned with business goals.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), ability to adapt processes.
• Prior involvement in recruitment, onboarding, and performance reviews.

Hard Skills

• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, architecture, and engineering best practices.
• Ability to decompose tasks, estimate workload, prioritize effectively, and track progress.
• Experience defining, tracking, and improving delivery, quality, and cycle time metrics.
• Ability to identify delivery, knowledge, and people-related risks, and plan mitigation strategies.
• Experience managing dependencies, communicating changes, and ensuring alignment across stakeholders.
• Ability to implement new processes, measure adoption, and iterate based on feedback.

Soft Skills

• Ability to foster a positive culture, maintain morale, and prevent burnout.
• Skilled in goal-setting, career planning, coaching, and giving constructive feedback.
• Able to mediate disputes, handle underperformance, and maintain productive dynamics.
• Strong communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Balances immediate delivery needs with long-term improvements and business objectives.
• Comfortable adjusting processes, priorities, and focus in changing environments.

Must-have Behaviors

• Takes ownership of delivery and team health.
• Proactive in identifying problems before they escalate.
• Acts as a force multiplier, enabling others rather than micromanaging.
• Challenges assumptions (processes, metrics, plans) constructively.
• Demonstrates transparency and fairness in decisions around performance, compensation, and promotions.

Conditions

We know that great talent deserves great conditions, so here's what you can expect when joining us:

• EU-based employment contract and a 3-year Cyprus work visa with full support for your relocation and visa processes, including assistance for your family.
• Full relocation package: flights to Limassol for you and your family, a company-covered apartment for the first month, and full relocation support to make your move smooth and hassle-free.
• Transparent performance reviews twice a year, with bonus opportunities and salary adjustments.
• Private medical insurance for you and your family, a corporate mobile plan (unlimited in Cyprus with roaming included), and interest-free support for car purchases.
• Mindfulness & well-being support, including psychological assistance with 50% coverage.
• 50% coverage of school and kindergarten fees for your children.
• Fully covered sports benefits, and also access to in-house electric scooters and bike rentals, and cycling purchase compensation.
• Investment in your growth: paid language courses and access to suited-for-you development programs, including conferences, training programs, and coaching to support your professional journey.
• A culture of recognition: a peer reward program to celebrate your contributions.
• A fully equipped office in Limassol's city center, with everything you need for deep work and collaboration.
• Free catering in the office and an in-house coffee bar with high-quality drinks and a health bar stocked with nutritious snacks.
• A strong engineering culture: international teams, corporate events, team buildings, and hackathons—because great work happens in great communities.

Recruitment process

• HR interview (45 min).
• First Interview: Team & Process Block (60 min).
• Second Interview: Business & Technical Block (60 min).
• Final cultural fit interview / Q&A (60 min).