Tech Lead (JavaScript)

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1 week ago

Greece, Attiki, Kifisia

Full Time

Senior

Hybrid

Basic Information

SafeSize is a retail tech company offering an innovative omnichannel solution for 3D foot scanning and personalized shoe recommendations. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, its proprietary technology matches consumers’ 3D foot scans and personal preferences with the largest database of 3D scanned shoes, providing highly accurate and tailored suggestions. SafeSize operates both in physical stores and online, helping millions of consumers find the perfect fit while reducing returns and promoting sustainability. With offices in Greece, the Netherlands, Slovenia, China, and Australia, SafeSize is trusted by leading global retailers such as INTERSPORT, Decathlon, Sports Direct, CCC, and Super Sports Xebio. To date, it has helped over 20 million consumers in 63 countries find the perfect-fitting shoes.

We are now looking for a professional to cover the position of Tech Lead for our international team!

Responsibilities

You will play a key role in shaping the future of SafeSize’s technology and the growth of your team. You will be responsible to lead complex engineering projects, enhance our system architecture and improve our development processes and tools.

To be successful, you need a combination of the following:

Technical Skills: able to use your strong programming and system design skills to become an expert in the code of your team and the end-to-end architecture of our system. Your will need to establish yourself as the go-to-person both for your team and for the entire company for technical questions and advise regarding the code that your team owns.
Project Management: use your experience leading projects to enable your team to deliver on time and with high quality the projects that they undertake.
Planning & Roadmap Development: work with the Product Managers, Designers and other tech leads to prototype and develop new products and features. Work with the executive team to define the goals and roadmap for your team and the company.
People Development: foster a culture of technical excellence and mentor the engineers on your team via code reviews, design reviews and coaching sessions. Actively contribute to the hiring process by helping us recruit, screen and onboard candidates to your team and the company. Set goals for your team members and help them grow as engineers and in their careers.
Process Improvement: drive innovation and stay updated with the latest industry trends to incorporate into our technology stack. Help your team introduce new processes and tools to improve development speed, quality, security and operations.
Hands-on Development: contribute hands-on in the design and development of new features, documentation, troubleshooting and software operations.

Requirements

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Javascript

Node.js

NoSQL

React

SQL

Team Leadership

Technical Leadership

TypeScript

Vue.js

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Proficiency in English
5+ years of experience in software development roles with Javascript/Typescript
1+ years of experience as a Tech Lead, managing at least a few other developers and being responsible for their performance and career growth
Expert in full-stack development with proficient knowledge of JavaScript, including at least one common front-end framework such as React or Vue, as well as node.js for the back-end (experience with Vue and Next preferred)
Excellent understanding of project management and the typical software development lifecycle and tools (git, Jira, CI/CD pipelines, QA processes etc.)
Experience designing cloud services and REST APIs
Comfortable with SQL (e.g., MySQL) and no-SQL (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB) databases
Experience deploying services in the cloud (AWS preferred)
Great clarity of thought and ability to communicate ideas both orally and in writing to engineers and non-technical people alike (e.g., leadership)
Eager to constantly learn new things and investigate new technologies

Benefits

Competitive salary package.
Private health insurance plan.
Coverage of commuting expenses.
Annual budget dedicated to learning and development.
Hybrid working model: 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home.
Provision of company laptop and mobile phone.
Healthy breakfast, lunch, and snack options available.
Additional time off for volunteering and supporting a cause of your choice.
Monthly team events and social gatherings.

Good to have

Master’s degree in a relevant field.
Experience working in a global or multicultural environment.

Tech Lead (JavaScript)

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About the company

About the company

Tech Lead (JavaScript)

Basic Information

Responsibilities

Requirements

Benefits

Good to have

About the company

About the company