Tech Lead

Retail Consult; Porto; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Mobile Allowance

Extra days off

Local partnerships

Job summary

Retail Consult in Porto, Portugal, is seeking a Tech Lead to join our growing Delivery team. You will design, implement, and oversee platform components with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability.

You will collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineers, champion cloud-native practices on Azure, and mentor the team while shaping the long-term technical vision.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering with 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Experience building distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Proficiency in English and strong communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end technical design and delivery of key platform components, ensuring performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and translate them into high-quality solutions.
• Champion cloud-native design and best practices for Azure PaaS services (e.g., Azure Functions, Event Grid, Service Bus, API Management).
• Guide the team in adopting modern DevOps and CI/CD practices using tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar.
• Set and uphold coding standards, review pull requests, and ensure high code quality and security compliance.
• Act as a technical mentor, coach, and role model for other engineers on the team.
• Evaluate and incorporate new technologies, frameworks, or patterns that improve our architecture or developer experience.
• Participate in roadmap planning and contribute to the platform's long-term technical vision.

Skills

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

Event-driven architecture

Azure

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Mentoring

Communication

English

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Kafka

API Management

Azure Functions

Event Grid

Service Bus

Kubernetes

Job description

The impact of technology in retail is a game changer affecting every retailer from small, local shops to retail giants. Working at Retail Consult means being at the center of this industry in transformation. As specialists in technology solutions for retail, we provide solutions strategy, implementation, deployment, training, and support services for clients across a range of retail segments including fashion, grocery, pharmacy, do it yourself, telecommunications, and electronics. Work, train, and learn with a growing team of over 300 people based in Portugal, the US, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and China, who are transforming the business of retailers across the globe.

We are currently seeking a

Tech Lead

to join our growing Delivery team in Porto, Portugal.

What We Are Offering

• The opportunity to join a growing company with people passionate about their work in an international environment;
• The opportunity to work with best-in-breed methodologies, tools, and techniques;
• Training and Mentoring/Talent Development programs;
• Full package of Salary, perks, and benefits (Health Insurance, mobile allowance, and others);
• Extra days off;
• Partnerships with local businesses.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the end-to-end technical design and delivery of key platform components, ensuring performance, scalability, and maintainability;
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and translate them into high-quality solutions;
• Champion cloud-native design and best practices for Azure PaaS services (e.g., Azure Functions, Event Grid, Service Bus, API Management);
• Guide the team in adopting modern DevOps and CI/CD practices using tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar;
• Set and uphold coding standards, review pull requests, and ensure high code quality and security compliance;
• Act as a technical mentor, coach, and role model for other engineers on the team;
• Evaluate and incorporate new technologies, frameworks, or patterns that improve our architecture or developer experience;
• Participate in roadmap planning and contribute to the platform's long-term technical vision.

What We Are Looking For

• 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role;
• Deep expertise in building distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures;
• Solid understanding of integration patterns, middleware concepts, and experience with retail systems (ERP, POS, OMS, etc.);
• Proficient in modern backend and frontend languages and frameworks, such as Python, React, and TypeScript;
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, especially PaaS offerings (App Services, Azure Functions, Event Grid/Service Bus, API Management);
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and deploying cloud-native applications;
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar;
• Experience with message brokers like Kafka, Azure Event Hub, or similar technologies;
• Prior experience working on an iPaaS or B2B integration platform;
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders;
• Proficiency in English is mandatory.

Retail Consult - Transforming Retail with Passion

Job details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

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