Backend Technical Lead - Customer Experience - Remote

Overview

In this backend-focused role within Wordly’s Customer Experience engineering group, you will lead the development of new product features across the entire development lifecycle.

In Short

• Lead the development of product features.
• Drive technical decisions for robust, scalable software solutions.
• Mentor team members and ensure adherence to engineering processes.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Work within a microservice architecture on a cloud platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Design APIs and work with messaging brokers.
• Participate in code reviews and process improvements.
• Identify and communicate technical issues to stakeholders.
• Contribute to a positive engineering culture.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Expertise in Java and/or Kotlin.
• Experience with microservices and cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and container orchestration.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and self-motivate.
• Experience in mentoring junior colleagues.
• Comfortable working in a fully remote team.
• Experience with distributed systems and concurrency principles.

Benefits

• Work within a fast-growing tech startup.
• Opportunity to contribute to innovative translation services.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Access to office space in Los Altos, California.
• Professional development and mentorship opportunities.