Technical Team Lead

Kintary; Dublin; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kintary in Dublin is seeking a technically adept Technical Team Lead to guide a backend engineering team responsible for real-time APIs powering our products and services.

In this hands-on leadership role, you will design, build and improve software while mentoring engineers, driving engineering excellence and collaborating with architects to align with the wider strategy. The role requires 7+ years in backend development and a passion for latency-sensitive systems.

Formación

• 7+ years of backend software engineering experience, including several years in a Technical Lead, Staff Engineer or similar leadership role.
• Proven experience building and operating high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems and APIs.
• Strong experience with event-driven architectures and production systems with demanding uptime and performance requirements.
• A passion for mentoring engineers and creating high-performing engineering teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering and business stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Leading the technical delivery of a team of backend engineers, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to a high standard.
• Remaining hands-on in software development, contributing to architecture implementation, coding, code reviews and technical problem solving.
• Driving engineering excellence through best practices, high-quality code, automated testing and continuous improvement.
• Ensuring our APIs meet performance, scalability and reliability expectations, including latency, accuracy and availability targets.
• Managing technical risks, dependencies and technical debt, particularly around integrations with external data providers.
• Collaborating with architects to implement technical solutions aligned with the wider engineering strategy.
• Coaching and mentoring engineers through technical guidance, knowledge sharing and regular feedback.
• Supporting recruitment, onboarding and the technical assessment of new engineers.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver resilient, customer-focused solutions while continuously improving our engineering practices.
• Taking part in on-call rotations, responding to production incidents, and helping us learn and improve from every incident

Conocimientos

Technical leadership

Backend engineering

Mentoring engineers

Communication skills

Problem solving

Continuous improvement mindset

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Herramientas

Java 21

Spring Boot

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Docker

ArgoCD

DBUnit

TDD/BDD

Grafana

Micrometer

Descripción del empleo

We are a trusted, specialised consultancy with a mission to bring expert technology leadership to businesses at every stage of their growth journey. Our work spans multiple clients and providers, helping them deliver technology initiatives with precision, strategic alignment, and lasting value. Operating at the intersection of technical excellence and business strategy, we ensure projects not only launch successfully but also drive broader organisational goals.

As part of our ongoing support for a key client, we’re seeking a dynamic, strategically minded Technical Team Lead to lead a high-performing backend engineering team responsible for delivering the real-time APIs that power our products and services. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you'll spend the majority of your time designing, building and improving software while providing technical direction and mentoring the team.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the technical delivery of a team of backend engineers, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to a high standard.
• Remaining hands‑on in software development, contributing to architecture implementation, coding, code reviews and technical problem solving.
• Driving engineering excellence through best practices, high-quality code, automated testing and continuous improvement.
• Ensuring our APIs meet performance, scalability and reliability expectations, including latency, accuracy and availability targets.
• Managing technical risks, dependencies and technical debt, particularly around integrations with external data providers.
• Collaborating with architects to implement technical solutions aligned with the wider engineering strategy.
• Coaching and mentoring engineers through technical guidance, knowledge sharing and regular feedback.
• Supporting recruitment, onboarding and the technical assessment of new engineers.
• Working closely with cross‑functional teams to deliver resilient, customer‑focused solutions while continuously improving our engineering practices.
• Taking part in on‑call rotations, responding to production incidents, and helping us learn and improve from every incident

What you’ll bring

We're looking for an experienced technical leader who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges while helping others grow. Experience within real‑time data platforms, sports data, feed aggregation, or other latency‑sensitive environments would be highly beneficial

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
• 7+ years of backend software engineering experience, including several years in a Technical Lead, Staff Engineer or similar leadership role.
• Proven experience building and operating high‑throughput, low‑latency distributed systems and APIs.
• Strong experience working with event‑driven architectures and production systems with demanding uptime and performance requirements.
• A passion for mentoring engineers and creating high‑performing engineering teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering and business stakeholders.
• A proactive mindset focused on continuous improvement, engineering quality and delivery excellence.

What you will work with

• Java 21 and Spring suite (Spring Boot, Spring security..)
• Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Docker
• ArgoCD
• DBUnit
• TDD / BDD
• Grafana
• Micrometer

Work Eligibility:

Please note that our client is unable to provide visa sponsorship, support work permit applications, or offer relocation assistance for this position. Applicants must have the legal right to work full-time in Ireland at the time of application.