Backend Team Lead
Wisor.AI
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Tel Aviv • 🇮🇱 Israel
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Senior
Tech Stack
AWSCloudMongoDBNoSQLPostgresPython
About the role
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of talented backend developers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.
- Drive the design, development, and maintenance of scalable server-side code using Python.
- Oversee and contribute to development in an AWS cloud environment.
- Guide the implementation and maintenance of robust RESTful APIs for seamless communication between frontend and backend.
- Direct the team's work with relational/NoSQL/object stores such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Neptune, and S3 to efficiently store and retrieve data.
- Ensure the team writes clean, readable, high-quality, and testable code, promoting best practices in code quality and performance.
- Conduct thorough code reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring adherence to architectural standards.
- Oversee the testing and debugging of applications to ensure high quality and performance.
- Take ownership of projects from conception through to successful delivery, coordinating efforts within the team and with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Stay abreast of new evolutions in technology, take initiative to understand future development trends, and lead the team in adopting relevant advancements.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Frontend, and other R&D teams to define requirements, plan sprints, and deliver integrated solutions.
Requirements
- 8+ years of server-side development experience, with a strong focus on Python.
- 3+ years of experience in a team leadership or technical leadership role, guiding and mentoring other developers.
- Excellent understanding of database concepts and structure, with hands-on experience in various database technologies (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Neptune, S3).
- Proven ability to simplify complex technical ideas and communicate them effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong startup mindset: Demonstrating exceptional ownership, responsibility, and initiative.
- Possessing a customer-first mentality, striving for wide product understanding, detail orientation, and critical thinking.
- Capable of reasoning tradeoffs of different solutions (good vs. great vs. perfect) and not afraid to get your hands dirty to do what needs to be done.
- Deep understanding and practical experience with software development methodologies, such as Agile and Scrum.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and a strategic approach to technical challenges.
- Extensive familiarity with micro-services architectures, and ideally, experience seeing them in operation at a global scale.
- Demonstrated ability to inspire, motivate, and build a team.
Benefits
- Our office is dog friendly 😀
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PythonRESTful APIsAWSMongoDBPostgreSQLNeptuneS3AgileScrummicro-services architecture
Soft skills
team leadershipmentoringcommunicationownershipresponsibilityinitiativecustomer-first mentalityproblem-solvingstrategic thinkinginspiration