Position: Backend Software Development Team Leader
Company: WorkNest Technologies
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

The mission of our client is to change how the world works together. The platform connects businesses of all sizes with skilled freelancers offering digital services in more than 300 categories, across 8 verticals including graphic design, digital marketing, programming, video and animation.
It is proud and committed to providing equal opportunity employment to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, they will provide accommodation to individuals with disabilities or a special need.

**Responsibilities**

• Lead a team of developers through the product lifecycle — architecture, design, development, quality and production
• Hands-on development of features (~70% of the time)
• Complete technical ownership on specific services and domains
• Work closely with the team product manager on new products, features and initiatives
• Ongoing leadership and mentorship of the team developer


**Requirements**

• MSc. BSc. in Computer Sciences from a top university
• A leader, a winner, a savvy hands-on coder, highly analytical, a bar raiser and a team player
• 7 years of experience in back-end or full-stack development with at least 1 year of leadership
• Very strong coding abilities in at least one modern language — Ruby, Node.JS, Java, Kotlin or similar
• Proven track record of design and implementation of highly scalable and distributed web applications, functional programming, SQL, NoSQL and data platforms
• Very strong communication skills in English — writing and speaking
• High standards for code quality, testing, and performance
• Leadership skills (As an advantage)
• Experience in leading the teams (As an advantage)
• Strong organisational skills (As an advantage)

**We are ready to offer**

When you join the team, you’re helping create opportunities for anyone in the world to build their business, brand, or dream. Is there a more meaningful benefit than that?
To top it off, except of comprehensive salary, there is also have a tight-knit employee culture, team gatherings, a pretty amazing office-space (even if you’re working from home, they will send the office to you), an opportunity to participate in stock option plan, daily virtual workout inspirations, ice cream delivered during hot summer months, and much more.
• Office in Gulliver building in Central Kyiv (working remote during quarantine and few days per week after)
• Health insurance
• Gym
• Parking
• Lunch