Team Lead Engineering - Backend (f/m/d)

Meyandy LLC; Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Development budget €1,500 for personal

Autonomy and impact

State-of-the-art technologies

Zusammenfassung

ZEAL Network SE is seeking an Engineering Team Lead (f/m/d) to guide a product-focused engineering team that builds Zeal's core B2B platform for internal customers. You will lead technically and strategically, define architectural decisions, and contribute code alongside your team.

You will champion AI-driven development and collaborate with Product Management to align strategies, delivering secure, scalable solutions with strong customer focus.

Qualifikationen

• Proven people leadership skills with an empowering style.
• Hands-on experience with Kotlin/Spring Boot.
• Strong ability to deploy, monitor, and maintain microservices on Kubernetes.
• Experience applying AI in engineering workflows and exploring platform opportunities.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and align stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills in dynamic settings.
• Proactive, ownership-driven mindset.
• Strong fundamentals in secure, scalable, and reliable systems, including security-by-design and resilience.

Aufgaben

• Lead a product-focused engineering team that builds and evolves Zeal's core B2B platform for internal business customers.
• Lead technically and strategically, define and drive architectural decisions with your team.
• Code as part of the team, regularly contributing to features and solving complex challenges.
• Champion AI in engineering workflows and explore AI capabilities within the platform.
• Serve as sparring partner for Product Management to define product and tech strategy.
• Deliver secure, robust, and maintainable technical solutions focused on customer experience and business needs.
• Drive collaboration with other teams to align APIs and architectural interfaces.
• Own and operate the domain and the team’s microservices.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Kotlin/Spring Boot

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Kafka

AI in development

Tools

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Kafka

Jobbeschreibung

ZEAL Network SE is a dynamic, international group of companies that has been creating exciting and innovative lottery experiences for over 20 years. As Germany’s largest provider of online lotteries through our brands LOTTO24 and Tipp24, and a trusted partner of Spain’s ONCE, the second-largest national lottery, we’re shaping the future of the lottery industry. We are passionate about driving innovation, as demonstrated by our newest brands, Freiheit+ and Traumhausverlosung, which bring fresh and exciting dreams to life. Additionally, through ZEAL Ventures, we invest in inspiring e-commerce start-ups like Omaze and DAYMADE, fueling fresh ideas and opportunities. Our team of 350+ professionals from diverse backgrounds is united by a visionary mindset, a passion for collaboration, and a commitment to inspire dreams. At ZEAL, we empower our people to think ambitiously and work together toward a shared purpose: helping people imagine and achieve their aspirations.

Engineering Team Lead (f/m/d)

You combine hands‑on technical expertise to lead with strong people leadership and grow a high‑performing team. You'll drive technical and architectural decisions, contribute to the codebase yourself, and ensure your team's services strengthen Zeal's B2B core platform. Working closely with Product Management and stakeholders, you'll balance business goals, customer experience, and technical excellence.

Your tasks:

• You lead a product-focused engineering team that builds and evolves Zeal's core B2B platform capabilities for internal business customers
• Lead technically and strategically, define and drive architectural decisions together with your team
• Code as part of the team: While guiding architecture and strategy, you’ll regularly write code, contribute to features, and help solve complex technical challenges together with your team
• Champion the effective use of AI in your team's engineering workflows (e.g. AI-assisted development and tooling) and explore opportunities to apply AI within the platform's capabilities
• Act as a sparring partner for Product Management and our internal businesses to define and drive product and tech strategy
• Deliver secure, robust and maintainable technical solutions while focusing on great customer experiences and business needs
• Drive collaboration: Work closely with other teams to align APIs, technical interfaces, and architectural consistency
• Own and operate the domain and the team’s microservices.

What you offer us:

• Proven people leadership skills, with an empowering style that enables rather than micromanages
• Strong and up‑to‑date hands‑on experience working with Kotlin/Spring Boot, Mongo/PostgresDB
• A “You build it, you run it” mindset, with experience in deploying, monitoring, and maintaining microservices on Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of how to create and evolve REST‑APIs that clients like to use and Event‑driven processing pipelines built on Kafka.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions, and to align diverse stakeholders
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills in dynamic settings
• Proactive, ownership‑driven mindset
• Strong engineering fundamentals in building secure, scalable, and reliable systems, including security‑by‑design, resilience patterns, and operating production systems at scale.

Preferred:

• Experience with introducing and evolving agentic AI development practices and operating models.

What we offer:

• State‑of‑the‑art technologies and an agile environment (Check our Tech Radar: https://lotto24.github.io/tech-radar/)
• A modern, dynamic culture grounded in the success of a leading‑edge e-commerce company.
• A talented team of ambitious, like‑minded colleagues where your knowledge and ideas truly make an impact.
• Ongoing personal growth, supported by an annual development budget of €1,500 to invest in your professional development.
• Trust and autonomy… Team Lead Engineering - Backend (f/m/d) — Zeal Network, Hamburg.