Team Lead Engineer – Developer Experience

SoSafe

Team Lead Engineering - Head Developer Experience function at SoSafe. Drive engineering and design collaboration across teams to enhance product delivery and developer workflows.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇹 PortugalSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudJavaScriptNode.jsReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape and head the Developer Experience (DevEx) function as a first-class internal platform, defining its mission, scope and operating model
Build a strong, inclusive team culture with sustainable delivery practices and clear ways of working
Enable engineering teams to ship faster and more reliably by improving developer workflows, tooling and standards
Drive adoption and evolution of a unified Design System across engineering and design, ensuring consistency and scalability
Translate company and engineering strategy into a clear, outcome-driven DevEx roadmap
Building strong partnerships with Product, Design, Security and other Platform teams to maximize impact across the organization

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have led and grown engineering teams
You bring strong people leadership experience and enjoy coaching, developing and growing engineers
You bring a technical background and can confidently set technical direction
You think in platforms and products, treating developers as your customers
You communicate clearly and confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
You’re comfortable leading teams through ambiguity, turning strategy into execution and measurable outcomes
Familiarity with modern software engineering ecosystems (backend and/or frontend), e.g. Node.js, React, containerized applications
Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud or similar
Familiarity with developer workflows and tooling, including CI/CD pipelines, version control, and GitHub-based workflows
Familiarity with emerging AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Cursor, GitHub Copilot, workflow automation, developer agents)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work/Life balance: Flexible hours, 33 vacation days
Wellbeing and financial support: Access to Open Up, corporate discounts
Connection & community: Virtual events, collaborative team activities, and opportunities for local meet-ups
And the list goes on: Tech equipment, referral bonuses, dog-friendly HQ

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Hard Skills & Tools

Node.jsReactcontainerized applicationscloud-native architecturesAWSGoogle CloudCI/CD pipelinesversion controlGitHubAI-assisted development tools

Soft Skills

people leadershipcoachingdeveloping engineerscommunicationstrategic thinkingexecutionadaptabilitypartnership buildingteam cultureinclusive leadership